what type of scales do bony fish and Lancets have?

Q: What is the relationship among tunicates, lancelets, and the vertebrate chordates?

A: Chordates are animals that contain backbone or notochord. Animals that lack the notochord or…

Q: What features do all amphibians share?

A: BASIC INFORMATION  AMPHIBIANS  They are one of the class of Amphibia.  They are three different…

Q: a) How will you compare and contrast the skeleton of fishes and tetrapods?

A: Tetrapod : They are four limbed animals . It includes extant and extinct amphibians , reptiles and…

Q: How do  invertebrate chordates differ from vertebrate  chordates? Elaborate.

A: Introduction A Chordate Is A Member Of The Chordata Phylum. At Some Point During Their Larval Or…

Q: How does the foot of a bivalve differ from that of snails or chitons?

A: Limpets or Notoacmea, Collisella are known as small, cone-shaped shells found on the rocks…

Q: How are wings and exoskeletons adaptive advantages in terms of the body structure of insects?

A: In this question, we have to mention the adaptive advantage of wings and exoskeleton in the insects.

Q: What is the movement of lizard called?

A: Lizards are one of the common examples of reptiles. Most of the members are legless and quadrupedal…

Q: What are the characteristics of a female mud crab ( Scylla serrate) on its carapace?

A: Carapace is meant for the protection and it vary in size and is different in males amd female.it is…

Q: . What are the major types of cartilaginous and bony fishes?

A: A chordate is a creature of the phylum Chordata. During some time of their life cycle, chordates…

Q: What characteristics make a pig a chordate?

A: Chordate Chordates belong to the phylum Chordata. During some period of the life cycle of chordates,…

Q: How are a fish’s and a bird’s skeletons similar in structure andfunction?

A: Introduction: Fish belong to phylum Chordata and is a marine living creature. However, birds also…

Q: What is meant by a “kinetic” skull and what benefit does it confer? How are snakes able to eat large…

A: In addition to movement at the joint between the upper and lower jaw, cranial kinesis is the term…

Q: What structures did amphibians develop to support the weight of the body against the force of…

A: Amphibians, as their name indicates, are class of organisms that  have adaptations suited for both…

Q: Do all chordates have backbones?

A: Chordates having following characters: Presence of dorsal hollow nerve cord. Presence of notochord.…

Q: Which is more closely related to a human, an octopus or tunicate? Explain.

A: The relationship between phylogenetic distance and ecological similarity is key to understanding…

Q: How can brachiopods be distinguished from bivalves?

A: Invertebrates are organisms in which backbone is absent . It includes :-  A ) Arthropods  B )…

Q: Give an account of the body wall of lizard?

A: The lizards are cold-blooded chordates that belong to the class of reptiles. They are native to…

Q: What phyla of animals are most closely related to the chordates?

A: Chordates belong to the phylum Chordata. The Chordates in their full life cycle have one of the…

Q: If snakes are limbless, how can they be consideredtetrapods?

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

Q: Contrast the skeleton of an echinoderm with that of an arthropod.

A: The kingdom “Animalia” has several phyla (taxonomic rank: phylum). The organisms of this kingdom are…

Q: What are the features of a typical amphibian?

A: they are the vertebrates they live on both land and water they came into existence in the Devonian…

Q: Are the chelicerae of horseshoe crabs homologous or analogous to (1) scorpion pedipalps? (2)…

A: Horseshoe crabs are present in the cephalothorax region. It has walking legs which are the modified…

Q: Which chordates are craniates, and which of those are alsovertebrates?

A: Craniates are a group of chordates that possess a craniate skull made up of hard bone. All craniates…

Q: What external anatomical features of amphibians are associated with their dual life on land and in…

A: The word amphibian is a Greek word “amphi” and “bio”. “amphi” means dual or both kinds and “bio,”…

Q: Which group of hadrosaurs had crests?

A: Hardradosaurids means bulky lizards. They were the family of herbivores dinasaurs. They were the…

Q: Urchins and sand dollars lack arms. How do they move?

A: Sea urchins and sand dollars are both belong to the phylum Cnidaria and they are fully marine.  Sand…

Q: Does shrimp have a true tail? Or the uropod is just an appendage/part of the abdomen and not…

A: Shrimps are the crustaceans that are the part of arthropods. They have jointed appendages and…

Q: Why are external skeletons important for soft-bodied invertebrates?

A: Skeleton is the robust structure exhibited in the organism which act as scaffold for the body.…

Q: In what environment is long leg length an advantage for a lizard? E) Why have anoles evolved…

A: Lizards are reptiles distributed in all parts of the world, mostly four-footed, and use their…

Q: What is/ are the major comparison(s) between the tunicates and bony fish? Are tunicates…

A: Tunicates belong to sub phylum urochordata. These are marine animals. They have an outer covering of…

Q: what  is a carapace?

A: Numerous animals have a protective covering on the outside of their bodies. Some of the animals with…

Q: How did the following fish groups evolve? a) Agnatha b) Chondrichthyes c) Osteichthyes d)…

A: Although numerous fossil fishes have already been discovered and documented, they only represent a…

Q: How do the skin and respiratory systems of amniotes differ from those of their early tetrapod…

A: Amniotes belongs to the kingdom Animalia and phylum Chordata. They belong to the clade of tetrapod…

Q: list the functiond of the mandibles, maxillae, and maxillipeds in crayfish

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Q: What are the differences between vertebrates and the other chordates?

A: Organisms are divided into two categories- Vertebrates and Chordates. Vertebrates have vertebral…

Q: What are the integumentary organs of chordates?

A: The majority of chordates possess backbones.  Chordates have a diverse range of species. Chordata is…

Q: Are snakes tetrapods? Explain.

A: Tetrapods includes land vertebrates with two pairs of pentadactyl limbs, cornified skin and lungs.…

Q: What type of skeletal system do echinoderms have?

A: Echinoderms have the following characteristics- 1. They are radially symmetrical. 2. They are…

Q: What is the embryonic characteristic that evolutionarily makes echinoderms proximal to chordates?

A: Echinoderms are the marine organisms that belong to the kingdom Animalia. They are triploblastic…

Q: How are tunicates and lancelets different than most other chordates?

A: All the organism of phylum Chordata has a structure called notochord at some point. During the…

Q: What are the characteristic features of the chordates?

A: A phylum is a taxonomic classification that comes after domain and kingdom in the classification…

Q: How are the excretory systems of the three main arthropod classes constituted?

A: Arthropoda- These are invertebrate animals equipped with jointed appendages. It is the largest…

Q: What type of body symmetry does this creature have?

A: The correct Answer is Option D . Bilateral Symmetry .

Q: What is Chordate body plan?

A: The vertebrates are the largest group of chordates, with over 62,000 species living. The vertebrates…

Q: In what ways were therapsids adaptively superior to the amphibians and reptiles that preceded them?

A: Therapsids are the ancestors of present-day mammals and their related ancestors. They represent an…