Animal Kingdom Question 4

Question: Jaws are absent in:

Options:

A) Protochordata

B) Protochordata and cyclostomata

C) Amphioxus and Balanoglossus

D) Herdmania and Myxine

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

[b] Jaws are absent in protochordata and cyclostomata.

Protochordata refers to invertabrate subphylum of phylum chordata.

It includes animals such as tunicates.

Cyclostomata is a class of group agnatha, where paired appendages, girdles and jaw are absent.