Animal Kingdom Question 111

Question: What distinguishes an insect from a crustacean?

Options:

A) Number of eye

B) Arrangement of nerve cord

C) Number of appendages

D) Presence of wings

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Crustaceans belong to phylum Arthropoda which is characterised by joint appendages.

They are distinguished from other groups of arthropods, such as insects, myriapods and chelicerates, by the possession of biramous or two-parted limbs, and by the nauplius form of the larvae. So, the correct answer is option C.