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

The respiratory pigment in earthworm is:
A. Hemocyanin
B. Hemoerythrin
C. Myoglobin
D. Hemoglobin
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
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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