Question
Biology Question on Kingdom Animalia
Aquatic reptiles are
A
ureotelic
B
ureotelic in water
C
ammonotelic
D
ureotelic over land.
Answer
ammonotelic
Explanation
Solution
An ammonotelic organism excretes soluble ammonia as a result of deamination. Ammonia is highly toxic to tissues and extremely soluble in water. Ammonotelic animals include protozoans, crustaceans, platyhelminths, cnidarians, poriferans, echinoderms, and other aquatic invertebrates, among others. Ammonotelism is one of the three major forms of excretion of nitrogenous waste in organisms, the others being ureotelism and uricotelism.