Answer: Annelida.
- A Annelida
- B the phylum Porifera
- C only Coelenterata
- D a class of Reptilia
Correct answer: A. Annelida
Explanation: True metameric segmentation is first seen in Annelida.
Moving across the animal phyla, body organisation becomes progressively more complex: from no symmetry and cellular organisation (Porifera) through radial/diploblastic (Cnidaria), bilateral/acoelomate (Platyhelminthes), pseudocoelomate (Nematoda), to a true coelom with full organ systems (Annelida and beyond).
Concept context
Phylum-level classification of the animal kingdom from Porifera to Chordata, based on body symmetry, coelom, and segmentation. One of the most example-heavy chapters for NEET.