Question

6.What are the peculiar features that you find in parasitic platyhelminthes?​

Answer 1

Following are the peculiar features of parasitic platyhelminthes:

(i) The thick tegument (body covering) resistant to the host’s digestive enzymes and anti-toxins.

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(iii)Loss of locomotory organs.

(iv)Digestive organs are absent in tapeworms because digested and semidigested food of the host is directly absorbed’ through the body surface.

(v) Reproductive system is best developed in parasitic flatworms.

(vi)Parasitic flatworms, such as liver fluke and tapeworms perform anaerobic respiration.

(vii)They possess a considerable osmotic adaptability, as they can successfully live in different media.