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Q.Mention the animals that exhibited a "tube-within-a-tube" organisation for the first time? Name their body cavity.

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The tube-within-a-tube organisation first appeared in the roundworms (Aschelminthes / Nematoda); their body cavity is a pseudocoelom.

Explanation:

  • In the tube-within-a-tube plan, the body wall forms the outer tube and the alimentary canal forms the inner tube, with a complete digestive tract having a separate MOUTH and ANUS.
  • This complete gut (with a distinct mouth and anus) appeared for the FIRST TIME in the animals of phylum Aschelminthes (Nemathelminthes / Nematoda) - the roundworms (e.g. Ascaris).
  • (In the earlier phyla, Coelenterata and Platyhelminthes, the gut is incomplete with only a single opening.) …

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