Mnemonic to Memorise Ammonotelic animals
Ammonotelic
Animals that excrete nitrogenous wastes in the form of ammonia are called ammonotelic.
AM IC P3 EXBELT
- A– Aquatic animals like most fishes
- M– Mollusca
- I– Insects
- C– Crustacean
- P3– Protozoa, Porifera, Platyhelminthes
- E– Echinodermata
- X– Xenopus (eg- some aquatic amphibians)
- B– Bony fish (most teleost fish= modern bony fish)
- E– Earthworm
- L– Lung fish
- T– Tadpole & aquatic amphibians