Question

Read the given statements and select the correct option,
Statement 1 : All triploblastlc animals are eucoelomates.
Statement 2 : They have a false coelom.

• A. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
• B. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect
• C. Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct
• D. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Animals belonging to Phyla Platyhelminthes to Chordata are triploblastic while poriferans and cnidarians are diploblastic. Sponges, cnidarians, ctenophorans and platyhelminthes are acoelomates, aschelminthes are pseudocoelomates and annelids, arthropods, echinoderms and chordates are eucoelomates. Eucoelomates have true coelom.