question_answer 62)

  Match items of Column I with items of Column II.

Column I	Column II
A. Pore bearing animals	1. Arthropoda
B. Diploblastic	2. Coelenterata
C. Metameric segmentation	3. Porifera
D. Jointed legs	4. Echinodermata
E. Soft bodied animals	5. Mollusca
F. Spiny skinned animals	6. Annelida

Answer:

  The correct matching is

Column I	Column II
A. Pore bearing animals	Porifera
B. Diploblastic	Coelenterata
C. Metameric segmentation	Annelida
D. Jointed Legs.	Arthropoda
E. Soft bodied	Mollusca
F. Spiny skinned animals	Echinodermata

Porifera are multicellular animals with a cavity called spongocoel. They bear pores throughout their body surface, e.g., Spongilla. Coelentrates are multicellular, diploblastic and acoelomate animals having tissue level organization, e.g., Hydra. Mollusca are soft bodied animals and have bilateral symmetry, little segmentation is present without appendages,