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Blood of Pheretima is

1. blue with haemocyanin in corpuscles
2. blue with haemocyanin in plasma
3. red with haemoglobin in corpuscles
4. red with haemoglobin in plasma

Correct answer: red with haemoglobin in plasma

Solution

Pheretima (earthworm) has haemoglobin dissolved in the plasma rather than inside blood cells. Because haemoglobin is the red respiratory pigment, its blood appears red.

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