Find out the organism with these characters:

Balanoglossus

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Solution

The correct option is A Balanoglossus
Phylum Hemichordata:
Hemichordates are marine organisms with soft, vermiform and unsegmented body.

They are bilaterally symmetrical, coelomate animals with non-chordate and chordate features.

They have gill slits but do not have notochord.

They are ciliary feeders and mostly remain as tubiculous forms. E.g- Balanoglossus (Acorn worms).

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