A: | Bilateral symmetry |
B: | Body covered with a plate like exoskeleton |
C: | Legs with joints and wings |
1. | Closed circulation |
2. | Lack of a true coelom |
3. | Ammonotelic excretion |
4. | Body divided into head, thorax and abdomen segments |
(a) | All living members of the class Cyclostomata are endoparasites in mammals. |
(b) | Cyclostomes have a sucking and circular mouth without jaws. |
(c) | Their body is devoid of scales and paired fins. |
(d) | Cranium and vertebral column are bony. |
1. | Hemichordates | Worm like with proboscis, collar and trunk |
2. | Mollusca | External skeleton of shell usually present |
3. | Porifera | Body with pores and canals in walls |
4. | Arthropoda | Exoskeleton of cellulose and jointed appendages |
1. | They are mostly terrestrial animals and their body is covered by dry and cornified skin, epidermal scales or scutes. |
2. | They do not have external ear openings and tympanum represents ear. |
3. | Heart is usually four-chambered, but three-chambered in crocodiles. |
4. | Fertilisation is internal and development is direct. |
I: | Males bear claspers on pelvic fins. |
II: | Viviparity is never seen. |
I: | The skin of mammals is unique in possessing hair. |
II: | They are homoiothermous. |
III: | Different types of teeth are present in the jaw. |
IV: | External ears or pinnae are absent. |
V: | The most unique mammalian characteristic is the presence of mammary glands. |
VI: | Flight has never evolved in any mammal. |
1. | 3 | 2. | 4 |
3. | 5 | 4. | 6 |
1. | Asterias | 2. | Pheretima |
3. | Rotifers | 4. | Pinctada |
I: | Skin is moist and without scales. |
II: | Eyes have eyelids. |
III: | A tympanum represents the ear. |
IV: | Respiration is by gills, lungs and through skin. |
I | II | III | IV | |
1. | T | T | F | F |
2. | F | F | F | T |
3. | T | F | T | T |
4. | T | T | T | T |
Statement I: | Chondrichthyes lack the capacity to regulate their body temperature. |
Statement II: | Osteichthyes have the capacity to regulate their body temperature. |