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Octopus and Sepia belongs to which phylum ?

APhylum Arthropoda

BPhylum Echinodermata

CPhylum Mollusca

DPhylum Annelida

Answer:

C. Phylum Mollusca

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Phylum Mollusca:

  • This is the second largest animal phylum 
  • Molluscs are terrestrial or aquatic (marine or fresh water) 
  • It has organ-system level of organisation. 
  • They are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic and coelomate animals. 
  • Body is covered by a calcareous shell
  • Body is unsegmented with a distinct head, muscular foot and visceral hump.
  • A soft and spongy layer of skin forms a mantle over the visceral hump.
  • The space between the hump and the mantle is called the mantle cavity in which feather like gills are present. They have respiratory and excretory functions.
  • The anterior head region has sensory tentacles.
  • The mouth contains a file-like rasping organ for feeding, called radula 
  • They are usually dioecious and oviparous with indirect development


Examples: 

  • Pila (Apple snail)
  • Pinctada (Pearl oyster)
  • Sepia (Cuttlefish)
  • Loligo (Squid) 
  • Octopus (Devil fish)
  • Aplysia (Seahare)
  • Dentalium (Tusk shell) 
  • Chaetopleura (Chiton)

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