Quiz about Phylum Quiz short answer and MC

Question 1

What type of symmetry do sponges (Porifera) have?

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asymmetrical

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radial

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bilateral

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medial

Question 2

What phyla contains the clamworms?

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Annelida

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Chordata

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Mollusca

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Anthropoda

Question 3

Which phyla contains clams and oysters. They have a true coelom and shells that grow with them (thus never requiring molting).

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Mollusca

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Echinodermata

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Chordata

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Porifera

Question 4

What phyla to all vertebrates belong in?

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Chordata

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Porifera

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Echinodermata

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Ctenophora

Question 5

Which of the following is/are true of animals?

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All choices are correct.

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They are multicellular.

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They are eukaryotic.

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They are heterotrophs.

Question 6

What type of symmetry is displayed in the picture?

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radial symmetry

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asymmetry

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bilateral symmetry

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photosynthesis

Question 7

What type of symmetry is pictured?

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bilateral symmetry

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radial symmetry

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asymmetry

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cellular respiration

Question 8

Sponges belong to which phyla? Common characteristics include pores for filter feeding and assymmetrical body structure.

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Porifera

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Cnidaria

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Mollusca

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Annelida

Question 9

Mollusks include which of the following?

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Octopus, Squid, Slugs, Snails

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Comb jellies, tunicates

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Sea stars, Sea cucumbers, sea urchins

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Fish, Whales, Turtles

Question 10

The animal phyla containing animals with jointed appendages and an exoskeleton that is molted as they grow....

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Arthropoda

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Porifera

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Annelida

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Ctenophora

Question 11

What phylum do crustaceans belong to?

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Arthropoda

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Mollusca

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Echinodermata

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Cnidarian

Question 12

Invertebrates that have stinging cells and take food into a central body cavity.

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Cnidarian

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Annelida

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Mollusk

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Platyhelminthes

Question 13

Which phyla contains jellyfish?

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Cnidaria

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Porifera

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nematoda

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SquishyFish

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true about ALL animals?

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They all have backbones

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They are all made up of eukaryotic cells

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They all have digestive systems

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They are all multicellular

Question 15

Because sponges cannot move around they are considered ______.

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sessile

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senile

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coelem

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mammarian

Question 16

Sponges use pores to

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filter food from the water.

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move from place to place.

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defend themselves.

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sleep

Question 17

This is the type of symmetry shared by the vast majority of the members of the phyla Porifera.

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asymmetry

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bilateral symmetry

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trilateral symmetry

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radial symmetry

Question 18

What type of symmetry do echinoderms share?

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radial symmetry

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asymmetry

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bilateral symmetry

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trilateral symmetry

Question 19

I have tentacles with stinging cells and a radial symmetry. I am a sea anemone. Which Phylum do I belong to?

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Cnidaria

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Arthropoda

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Echinodermata

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Mollusca

Question 20

I have a hard exoskeleton, a segmented body, pairs of jointed appendages, and live on land and water. I am a crab. What is my phylum?

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Arthropoda

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Mollusca

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Echinodermata

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Cnidaria

Question 21

I am spiny, have a water vascular system with tube feet, radial symmetry, and am called a brittle star.

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Echinodermata

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Mollusca

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Arthropoda

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Cnidaria

Question 22

Taxonomy uses the ancient language of ___________

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Latin

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Spanish

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French

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Russian

Question 23

The 7 levels of classification, broadest to most specific.

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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Kingdom, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Species

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Kingdom, Species, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order

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Kingdom, Order, Species, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

Question 24

These radially symmetric animals are gelatinous, and do not possess stinging cells. They feed by using 8 internal lines of bristles or "combs," giving them the common name of the Comb Jellies.

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Ctenophora

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Cnidaria

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Mollusca

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Echinodermata

Question 25

What type of symmetry do the Comb Jellies (Ctenophora) have?

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radial

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asymmetrical

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bilateral

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medial

Question 26

Which is not true about all animals?

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make their own food

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herotrophic

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multicellular

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eukaryotic

Question 27

How many phyla exhibit radial symmetry?

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2

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1

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3

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4

Question 28

Which phyla exhibits asymmetry?

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Porifera

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Cnidaria

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Nematoda

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Platyhelminthese

Question 29

Which phyla is the first to exhibit cephalization?

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Platyhelminthese

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Arthropoda

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Annelida

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Cnidaria

Question 30

Which two phyla have an outer layer of protection?

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Nematoda & Arthropoda

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Arthropoda & Chordata

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Chordata & Echinodermata

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Echinodermata & Nematoda

Question 31

Which phylum has no nerve cells

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Porifera

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Cnidaria

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Echinodermata

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Chordata

Question 32

Which is the only phylum that is diploblastic?

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Cnidaria

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Platyhelminthese

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Nematoda

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Annelida

Question 33

Which phylum is the first to exhibit a true coelom?

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Annelida

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Arthropoda

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Mollusca

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Nematoda

Question 34

Which phylum have specialized cells called nematocysts?

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Cnidaria

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Echinodermata

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Chordata

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Porifera

Question 35

The two body forms of Cnidarians are called

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Polyp and Medusa

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Pupae and Larvae

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Nymph and Adult

Question 36

What is unique to Echinoderms

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Water-vascular system

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Radial Symmetry

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Endoskeleton

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Light sensitive eye spots

Question 37

Which of the following is not a mollusk body part

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exoskeleton

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Mantle

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Foot

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Visceral mass

Question 38

Both arthropods and annelids have

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segmented bodies

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jointed appendages

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protective exoskeletons

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closed circulatory systems

Question 39

Which is an acoelomate?

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A

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B

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C

Question 40

What is the best definition of pseudocoelomates?

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False body cavity

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Complete body cavity

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True body cavity

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No body cavity

Question 41

Which is not one of the five feeding strategies of animals?

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Infusers

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Herbivores

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Filter feeders

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Predators

Question 42

These are all main groups of the phyla Mollusca EXCEPT:

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Nematoda

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Gastropoda

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Bivalvia

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Cephalopoda

Question 43

All of the following animals are triptoblastic, except:

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Cnidaria

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Nematoda

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Chordata

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Annelida

Question 44

A free-swimming jellyfish has a body form known as a:

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medusa

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polyp

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strobila

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hydra

Question 45

Which of the following is considered evidence of the Animal Kingdom being a monophyletic group?

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Desmosomes

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Closed circulatory system

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Bilateralism

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Coeloms

Question 46

What type of symmetry does this animal exhibit?

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Radial symmetry

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Bilateral symmetry

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No symmetry

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Spiral symmetry

Question 47

One species of this phylum has only females and reproduces by parthenogenesis.

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Rotifera

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Cnidaria

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Mollusca

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Arthropoda

Question 48

Identify phylum and type:

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Arthropoda; centipede

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Arthropoda; millipede

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Annelida; centipede

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Arthropoda; insect

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