The respiratory pigment in earthworm is: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The respiratory pigment in earthworm is:
A. Hemoerythrin
B. Hemocyanin
C. Hemoglobin
D. Myoglobin
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Earthworms have hemoglobin dissolved in their blood plasma (not in cells) for oxygen transport. Hemocyanin is in mollusks and arthropods, hemerythrin in some marine worms.

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