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Which is incorrect about non-chordates ? |
Gill slits are absent. Post anal tail is absent. Heart is dorsal. Central nervous system is ventral, hollow and double. |
Central nervous system is ventral, hollow and double. |
The correct answer is Option (4) -Central nervous system is ventral, hollow and double. Animals belonging to phylum Chordata are fundamentally characterised by the presence of a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord and paired pharyngeal gill slits . These are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomate with organ-system level of organisation. They possess a post anal tail and a closed circulatory system. |