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To which phylum does the Indian cattle leech, Hirudinaria granulosa, belong?
AAnnelida
BChordata
CArthropoda
DMollusca
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Annelida
1. The Indian cattle leech is Hirudinaria granulosa.
2. It is a metamerically segmented worm.
3. Such segmented worms belong to Phylum Annelida.
4. Chordata is the phylum of the rabbit, not the leech, so it is the trap.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 13 Structural Organisation of Animals "Introduction", p.194_
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