Question

Gustatoreceptors of Pheretima are present

• A. In the buccal cavity
• B. In the prostomium
• C. In the peristomium
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A In the buccal cavity

Gustoreceptors are found in the epithelial of the buccal cavity,these cells have sensory hair like processes and their nuclei lie below the middle part of the cells. These receptors severs to smell (olfactory receptors) for taste (gustoreceptors). Earthworms can smell different types of decaying food. Hence gustoreceptors are present in the buccal cavity.

So the correct answer is 'In the buccal cavity'.