How does digestion in cnidarians differ from digestion in sponges?

Q: What do planarians (triclad flatworms) eat, and how do they digest it?

A: A planarian is a type of flatworm belonging to class Turbellaria. These organisms are present in…

Q: Cestodes utilize intracellular digestion.

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Q: Why the enteropneusta are not classified in chordates?

A: Enteropneusta belongs to phylum hemichordates. Few properties of hemichordates: They are…

Q: Tapeworms have no digestive system or mouth. How, then, do they obtain food?

A: Tapeworm is a parasitic flatworom, the grown-up of which lives in the digestive organs. It has a…

Q: How did the diverse feeding appendages of arthropods arise?

A: There are some important features of Arthropods. Which are as follows: They are jointed appendages.…

Q: Define the role of buccal cavity in earthworm?

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Q: How are tardigrades able to survive in harsh conditions?

A: Tardigrades can be present almost everywhere on the planet. The phylum has been seen from…

Q: Is the gastrovascular cavity of Dugesia a simple sac? How is it divided and what advantage do these…

A: Invertebrates are creatures that neither have nor build up a vertebral section, gotten from the…

Q: What are Roundworms ? What role do they play ?

A: The group of eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic organisms is classified under the kingdom…

Q: Explain the digestive system of cockroch.

A: The digestive system of the body comprises of two main parts: accessory glands and gastrointestinal…

Q: What is the type of digestive system in molluscs?

A: Molluscs are an important second largest of an invertebrate animals, most of which are marine. They…

Q: What are Arthropods ? Explain the characteristics of Arthropods ?

A: Arthropod are the largest phylum in animal kingdom.

Q: explain how vertebrate digestive systems are specialized for different diets?

A: The complex and large organic molecules of plant and animal origin, which may be consumed by animals…

Q: What activities and body functions of arthropods require the most specialized appendages?

A: The organisms of the ecosystem have significant properties. Depending upon the different features of…

Q: difference between the digestive tract of earthworm and a flatworm?

A: Digestive system of earthworm: The digestive system consists is divided into many regions with…

Q: How are animals divided according to their type of digestive process?

A: The process by which the organisms obtain and utilize the food is called nutrition. All the living…

Q: Provide two characteristics of the digestive tract for an animal that eats mainly termites

A: Termites are eusocial insects belonging to order Blattodea.

Q: Concerning digestion how are poriferans characterized?

A: The members of phylum Porifera include sponges. These are multicellular organisms that have channels…

Q: What is so primitive about the gastrointestinal system of free living flatworms?

A: Flatworms are basically defined as the soft bodied organisms that have flattened body. The tapeworm…

Q: How do giant tube worms receive their nutrition?

A: Giant tube worm is a completely marine invertebrate located under the phylum annelida.  It has a…

Q: Discuss nutrition and digestion in turbellarians?

A: Turbellarians refer to the organisms of the class turbellaria. This class is a primitive subdivision…

Q: How similar are the morphological and physiological traits of the members of pancrustacea? Why are…

A: Comparative anatomy is the study of the "similarities and dissimilarities" between various objects.…

Q: what is the name of the specialized mouthpart of the class insecta?

A: Class Insecta comprise of hexapod invertebrates and constitutes the largest group within the phylum…

Q: How do animals with pseudocoelom digest their food?

A: The pseudocoelom is a fluid-filled body cavity lying inside the external body wall  that bathes the…

Q: What is the type of digestion that occurs in cnidarians?

A: Cnidarians are a phylum which comes under the kingdom animalia.

Q: What is the external rigid carapace of arthropods called? Of which substance is it made? Which type…

A: The Arthropoda is the largest phylum in the Kingdom Animalia in terms of the number of species. It…

Q: How does the presence of exoskeleton explain the general small size of arthropods?

A: Arthropods are the invertebrates with characterized by the presence of jointed appendages and a hard…

Q: What major parts form an insect’s gut, and how do these parts function?

A: Insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda that consists of the head, thorax, and abdomen. They play…

Q: What might have been some evolutionary pressures acting on animals that led to the internalization…

A: Evolutionary pressure means factors that contribute to evolution which variations will provide the…

Q: Digestion in Cnidarians is extracellular and intracellular. Is the statement correct? Explain

A: The phylum Cnidaria incorporates creatures that show radial or biradial evenness and are…

Q: Describe the advancements in the specialization of the digestive tract of earthworm in comparison to…

A: Introduction Earthworms are also known as farmers friend. As they improve soil quality and…

Q: what is the advantage of the presence of mesenteries or septa in the gastrovascular cavity in a sea…

A: Sea anemone Group of predatory marine animals of the order actiniaria. They are close relative of…

Q: What kind of arthropods are chiggers?

A: Chiggers are tiny mites that usually get their traits confused with the scabies mites. They are also…

Q: What is the origin of gastrovascular cavity in Jellyfishes?

A: Jellyfish falls under the phylum of Cnidaria that has a radially symmetrical body. They are…

Q: What features distinguish annelids from roundworms?

A: Annelids and roundworms belong to the phylum non chordata of the animal kingdom. They do not have…

Q: Which are the characteristics and organs of the digestive system of earthworms related to the type…

A: Animals can be classified into three types based on the diet as, plant eaters (herbivores), meat…

Q: How do adult hookworms get into the intestine?

A: Hookworm is a parasite that causes infection in people of all ages. It is more likely to occur in a…

Q: What is the function of the pharyngeal bars in animal?

A: The evolutionary process by which the living organisms develop certain characteristics that allow…

Q: What is the function of gastrocnemius msucle in the frog?

A: The construction of the muscular, skeletal, and other anatomical frameworks are explicitly changed…

Q: Give the digrammatic representation showing Digestive system of Hemidactylus?

A: Hemidactylus is a genus of family Gekkonidae. They include different species of common geckos. They…

Q: List the appendages on the head of a crustacean. What other important characteristics of Crustacea…

A: Introduction  Crustaceans are the aquatic invertebrates that belongs to the phylum Arthropoda. The…

Q: What are some evolutionaryadvantages of animals withcomplete digestive tube?

A: Digestive tube refers to the continuous tube that spans from the mouth from where the food is…

Q: Describe the digestive system of the earthworm and give the function of each structure.

A: The main part of an earthworm’s digestive system is an alimentary canal that positioned with the…

Q: Define the advantage of a digestive system with two openings have relative to digestive systems with…

A: The digestive systems of annelids have two openings as opposed to one. The digestive system provides…

Q: What are the types of fecundation that occur in arthropods? What is the predominant type?

A: Arthropoda is the largest phylum of animal kingdom. Arthropods occur on land, in the soil, sea…

Q: Spider Compare the spider to the clam and earthworm. What are the functions of the structures…

A: Spiders have eight legs and belong to class arachnida of Kingdom Arthropoda. While earthworms belong…

Q: Do echinoderms have an excretory system? How is excretion done in these animals?

A: We answer only the first question as you have posted multiple choice questions. If you need help…

Classification of Marine Organisms

Classification is a way of categorizing organisms that enables an easy process of identification of such organisms. All living things are classified by grouping them under specific categories. The grouping is done based on the close relativeness of the organisms. The classification tool requires knowledge of characteristics, differences, and similarities between different organisms.