Q.

Important characteristic that hemichordates share with chordates is                      [2017]

1 Ventral tubular nerve cord  
2 Pharynx with gill slits  
3 Pharynx without gill slits  
4 Absence of notochord  

Ans.

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An important characteristic that hemichordates and chordates share is the presence of pharyngeal gill slits. Gill slits are dorsal in position in hemichordates, whereas they are lateral in chordates.