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Question
Hard calcium carbonate structures are used as skeleton by
Options
Echinodermata
Protochordata
Arthropoda
Nematoda
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Solution
Echinodermata
Explanation -
In many echinoderms, the endoskeleton (skeleton present inside the body) is made up of hard calcium carbonate structures.
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