Animal Kingdom Question 189
Question: The free swimming larva of coelenterates is:
Options:
A) Onchosphere
B) Hydrula
C) Planula
D) Amphiblastula
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
A planula is the free-swimming, flattened, ciliated, bilaterally symmetric larval form of various cnidarian species.
The sperm and egg merge and form a planula larva, which matures inside the body of its mother.
So, the correct answer is ‘Planula’.
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