Question

Which of the following belongs to a minor phylum?

Answer 1

Answer:

Comb jelly belongs to the Phylum – Ctenophora, Jelly fish belongs to the Phylum – Cnidaria, Herdmania belongs to the Phylum – Chordata and Salpa belongs to the Phylum – Chordata. So, among all the given option, Ctenophora is a minor phylum.

Answer 2

There are 6 minor phyla and they are Sipunculoidea, Echinuroidea, Priapuloidea, Tardigrada, Pentastomida, and Pogonophora.

• According to the author Diana R. Kershaw from the article 'The minor coelomate phyla', states that these phyla mentioned above are not abundant which means in terms of species they are less in number.

• They have significance in the evolutionary context with annelids and arthropods.

• They give an idea about the linkage between or the evolutionary traits between these two major phyla.