NEET 2006 Biology question

Which one of the following is a matching set of phylum and its three examples ?

(1)Cnidaria - Bonellia, Physalia, Aurelia
(2)Platyhelminthes - Planaria, Schistosoma, Enterobius
(3)Mollusca - Loligo, Teredo, OctopusCorrect
(4)Porifera - Spongilla, Euplectella, Pennatula

Answer: (3)

Solution

Loligo (squid), Teredo (shipworm) and Octopus (devil fish) are all molluscs, so (3) is a matching set. In (1) Bonellia is an annelid (an echiuroid worm), not a cnidarian; in (2)

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