JAMB - Biology (2025 - No. 37)

The most advanced organism in an evolutionary trend among the following is
planaria
paramecium
earthworm
hydra

Explanation

The organisms listed belong to different animal phyla, representing different stages of evolutionary complexity:

B. Paramecium is a unicellular protist, the least complex.

D. Hydra is a simple multicellular organism belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, with only two primary tissue layers and radial symmetry.

A. Planaria is a flatworm (phylum Platyhelminthes), which is more advanced than hydra as it has three tissue layers (triploblastic), bilateral symmetry, and a centralized nervous system (cephalization).

C. Earthworm belongs to the phylum Annelida. Annelids are more evolutionarily advanced than flatworms because they have a true coelom (body cavity), a closed circulatory system, a segmented body plan, and more complex organ systems.

Based on the analysis above, the correct answer is earthworm - option C

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