The Following Questions Refer to the Description Below

question 102

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the description below.
While on an intersession course in tropical ecology, Kris pulls a large, snakelike organism from a burrow (the class was granted a collecting permit) . The 1-m-long organism has smooth skin, which appears to be segmented. It has two tiny eyes that are hard to see because they seem to be covered by skin. Kris brings it back to the lab at the field station, where it is a source of puzzlement to the class. Kris says that it is a giant oligochaete worm; Shaun suggests it is a legless amphibian; Kelly proposes it belongs to a snake species that is purely fossorial (lives in a burrow) .
-The condition of the eyes in this organism is similar to that seen in placental and marsupial moles. It is also most similar in functional significance to the

• A)posterior-directed opening of the female bandicoot's marsupium.
• B)honeycombed bones of carinates.
• C)diaphragm of mammals.
• D)lateral line systems of chondrichthyans and actinopterygians.
• E)parapodia of polychaetes.

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