Question

what is the difference between ammonotelic,uricotelic and ureotelic animals?

Answer 1

Answer:

UREOTELIC:-

1.A ureotelic organism excretes excess nitrogen as urea. It is one of the three major forms of excretion of nitrogenous waste in organisms, the others being ammonotelism and uricotelism.

2.Urea is less toxic than the ammonia excreted by ammonotelic organisms.

URICOTELIC:-

1.Animals that excrete a major portion of nitrogenous waste in the form of semi-solid or solid uric acid are called uricotelic animals.

2.e.g. birds, lizards, snakes, terrestrial insects.

Answer 2

Answer:

Ammonotelic organisms are the organisms which excrete nitrogenous waste substances in the form of ammonia, e.g., Octopus, Sepia and bony fishes. ... Ureotelic organisms are the organism which excretes the nitrogenous waste as urea. For example, bony fish.