NEETBiologyAnimal KingdomMCQ+4 / −1
Crocodile and penguin are similar to whale and dogfish in which one of the following features?
- APossess a solid single stranded central nervous system
- BLay eggs and guard them till they hatch
- CPossess bony skeleton
- DHave gill slits at some stage
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Correct answer: D
Animals belonging to Phylum Chordata are
fundamentally characterised by the presence of a
notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord and paired
pharyngeal gill slits. Crocodile, penguin, whale and
dogfish are all chordates.
All of them have gill slits
or have had it during embryonic development. Thus,
paired gill slits are present in these animal at some
stage of life.
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