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Tube -within -tube body plan is shown by

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Coelenterates
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Flatworms
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Annelida
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Sponges
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The correct option is A Annelida
Tube - within - tube body plan is shown by phylum Annelida.
These are the characteristics of Annelida:
  • Free-living, terrestrial or aquatic form (freshwater or marine).
  • The body is long, cylindrical and metamerically segmented.
  • Body wall consists of the cuticle, epidermis and musculature.
  • The body cavity is a true coelom, lined by epithelium.
  • The digestive system is complete.
  • Respiration is either through the skin or through gills.
  • Excretion with the help of characteristic nephridia.
  • The presence of a circulatory system (closed type). Hemoglobin dissolved directly in the plasma.
  • The nervous system consists of a nerve ring and a double ventral nerve cord with segmental ganglia.
  • Locomotion with the help of setae or parapodia.
  • Reproduction by sexual methods. Either unisexual or bisexual development may be direct or indirect.
  • The body has a true coelom.

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