AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2003

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    Scientific name of starfish is

    A)  Echinus                               

    B)  Limulus

    C)  Echidna                              

    D)  Asterias

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     The zoological name of starfish is Asterias. It is a false fish and belongs to phylum? Echinodermata. It is bottom dweller, slow creeping noctural and carnivorous echinoderm found in shallow marine water. Each arm of starfish bears an eye and a small tentacles near its tip. It has very high power of regeneration. Echinus is scientific name of sea urchin. It lives in tidal pools. Its body look like a spiny ball. It bears mouth with five teeth. Teeth are attached to masticatory apparatus called Aristotles lantern. It is omnivorous. Limulus is scientific name of horse shoe crab or king crab. It belongs to class-Arachnida of phylum-Arthropoda. It is a living fossil. Echidn is scientific name of spiny ant eater.


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