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Standard XII
Biology
Class Chondrichthyes
Pharyngeal gi...
Question
Pharyngeal gill slits are found in
A
Shark
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Cray fish
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C
Cuttle fish
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D
Star fish
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Solution
The correct option is
A
Shark
Crayfish belongs to the phylum Arthropoda.
Cuttlefish is a mollusc.
Starfish is an echinoderm animal.
Sharks are chordates. They have pharyngeal gill slits. Pharyngeal gill slits are one of the primary characters of chordates.
They have a single dorsal fin, simple vertebral column, a sub-terminal mouth, and over 5 pairs of gill slits.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.
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