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Classification of Animals
Question

A student observed a laboratory specimen with the following features.
a.    The body is elongated and worm-like.
b.    The body can be divided into identical left and right halves in only one plane.
c.    The body surface is distinctly marked out into segments.
d.    Each segment has a pair of lateral appendages.
The specimen should be identified as

 

Moderate
Solution

The specimen is Nereis. Pheretima lacks parapodia (lateral appendages). Ascaris and Pila are unsegmented.

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