Question

Snakes and worms have no legs and share a similar tube-like body structure. Describe how you could determine how closely related these two types of organisms are.

Answer 1

Answer:

Although snakes belong to the taxonomic class of reptiles and worms belongs to broad categories of flatworms, roundworms and segmented worms. They exhibit may similarities which proves a fact that they are closely related. These organisms show similar type of skin, sensory organs, behavior and habitat. Both snakes and worms are adapted to show slithering and wriggling like locomotion. Both of these organisms exhibit long and cylindrical bodies.  

Answer 2

Earthworm and snake have same body association that is tube within a tube and germ layers is additionally same that is triploblatic , both have two-sided symmetery, both show sexual dimorphisasm . unisexual, and cephalisation is found in both as well