The phylum of animal kingdom containing second-largest number of species is:

Annelida

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Arthropoda

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Mollusca

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Chordata

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Solution

The correct option is D Mollusca
Phylum Arthropoda is the largest phylum of the kingdom Animalia containing a variety of species. Phylum Mollusca is the phylum that follows phylum Arthropoda in the count of the number of species and is thus the second-largest phylum of kingdom Animalia.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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