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Read the statements and answer accordingly :(a) Calcareous spines are present on the body. Tube feet are used for locomotion and capturing prey also. — Identify the phylum and give one example.(b) I live in your small intestine. Pseudocoelom is prese…

Q.3 (viii) Read the statements and answer accordingly :
(a) Calcareous spines are present on the body. Tube feet are used for locomotion and capturing prey also. — Identify the phylum and give one example.
(b) I live in your small intestine. Pseudocoelom is present in my thread like body. — Identify the phylum and give one example.
(c) My body is spindle shaped. I respire with the help of gills. — Identify my class and give one example.

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(a) Phylum Echinodermata; example — starfish (also sea urchin, brittle star). The body has calcareous spines and a water-vascular system with tube feet.

(b) Phylum Aschelminthes (Nematoda); example — Ascaris (round worm). It is a thread-like, pseudocoelomate worm that lives as a parasite in the small intestine.

(c) Class Pisces; example — Rohu (also shark, pomfret). The body is spindle shaped and respiration takes place by gills.

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