Question

The correct match is

(A) Venus flower basket	(i) Spongilla
(B) The glass rope sponge	(ii) Euspongia
(C) Fresh water sponge	(iii) Cliona
(D) Boring sponge	(iv) Hyalonema
(E) Bath sponge	(v) Euplectella

• A. A - (v), B - (iv), C - (i), D - (iii), E - (ii)
• B. A - (v), B - (i), C - (iv), D - (ii), E - (iii)
• C. A - (v), B - (ii), C - (iii), D - (i), E - (iv)
• D. A - (iv), B - (v), C - (ii), D - (i), E - (iii)

Answer 1

The correct option is A A - (v), B - (iv), C - (i), D - (iii), E - (ii)

Venus flower basket or Euplectella aspergillum is hexactinellid sponge in the phylum Porifera. So, option A matches with option (v).
The glass rope sponge is the common name for Hyalonema sieboldi. So, option B matches with option (iv).
Spongilla is a genus of freshwater sponges in the family Spongillidae, found in lakes. So, option C matches with option (i).
Cliona celata, occasionally called the boring sponge is a thick, bright yellow sponge that bores holes into its host for shelter. So, option D matches with option (iii).
The genus Euspongia, all the bath sponges belong to it. So, option E matches with option (ii).
So, the correct answer is option A.