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Q.See the diagram given below and answer the following questions :

(i) [2 marks] What is the scientific name of the organism ? It belongs to which phylum ?
(ii) [1 mark] What type of circulatory system is found in it ?
(iii) [1 mark] What are the respiratory organs of it ? OR
(iii) alternative [1 mark] What are the excretory organs of it ?
A line drawing of an earthworm — an elongated segmented cylindrical body, tapering pointed anterior end (prostomium), a thickened raised — Class 12 Biology question
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The figure shows an earthworm (Pheretima posthuma, Phylum Annelida) — it has a closed circulatory system and breathes through its skin, and excretes via nephridia.

The figure depicts an elongated, cylindrical, externally segmented worm with a distinct raised clitellum band roughly a third of the way along its length and a tapering anterior and posterior end — this is the characteristic external appearance of the common Indian earthworm.

  1. [2 marks] Scientific name and phylum: The organism is the earthworm, scientific name Pheretima posthuma. It belongs to Phylum Annelida (Class Oligochaeta), identified from its externally segmented (metameric) body and the presence of a clitellum, both diagnostic annelid features.
  2. [1 mark] Type of circulatory system: The earthworm has a closed type of circulatory system — blood is confined within a system of blood vessels (dorsal vessel, ventral vessel, and connecting vessels/hearts) and does not flow freely through open body spaces.
  3. [1 mark] Respiratory organs: …

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