Chondrichthyes is characterised by from Biology Animal Kingdom

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131.

Chondrichthyes is characterised by

  • Placoid scale

  • Ventral mouth

  • Ctenoid scale and ventral mouth

  • Placoid scale and ventral mouth


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Placoid scale and ventral mouth

Chondrichthyes is one of the classes of super-class-Pisces, sub-phylum-Vertebrata and phylum Chordata. The members of class-Chondrichthyes are marine animals with a streamlined body and have a cartilaginous endoskeleton. Mouth is located ventrally. The skin is tough, containing minute placoid scales. The teeth are modified placoid scales which are backwardly directed, e.g., Dog fish (Scoliodon), sawfish (Pristis), great white shark (Carcharodorus sting ray (Trygon), etc.


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132.

Animals of class-Mammalia have

  • Seven cervical vertebrae

  • Seven cranial nerve

  • Single ventricular chamber

  • Fourteen cervical vertebrae


133.

The echinoderms are

  • arborial insects

  • marine animals

  • terrestrial insects

  • freshwater forms


134.

Tube feet is the locomotory organ in 

  • starfish

  • jelly fish

  • silver fish

  • Scoliodon


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135.

Sea gulls excrete excess of NaCl from

  • liver

  • lungs

  • nasal activity

  • kidney


136.

Connecting link between annelids and molluscs is

  • Neopilina

  • Peripatus

  • Periplaneta

  • Limulus


137.

Ruminants belong to order

  • Proboscida

  • Artiodactyla

  • Marsupials

  • Edentata


138.

Which of the following have notochord throughout life?

  • Birds

  • Fish

  • Snake

  • Amphioxus


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139.

During unfavourable conditions, the sponges form

  • cyst

  • encyst

  • spicule

  • Gemmule


140.

Shell of molluscs is derived from

  • foot

  • mantle

  • ctenidia

  • placoid


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