Animal Kingdom Question 668

Question: Which of the following belongs to anthozoa

[CPMT 1999]

Options:

A) Aurelia

B) Fungia

C) Stercularia

D) Dugesia

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates which includes the sea anemones, stony corals, soft corals and gorgonians.

Fungia is a type of a coral and hence is under the phylum Cnidaria and class Anthozoa.

So, the correct answer is ‘Fungia’.