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As like flatworm, the earthworm is​

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Answered by vedikapillai81
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Answer:

Flatworms: Phylum Platyhelminthes. The phylum Platyhelminthes consists of simple worm-like animals called flatworms 

Answered by mad210215
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Flatworm & Earthworm:

Explanation:

Flatworm:

  • Flatworm is also called platyhelminth.
  • It is the type of the phylum Platyhelminthes.
  • This is the group having soft-bodied, usually many flattened invertebrates.
  • A flatworm species are free-living as well as parasites.
  • The flatworms are 0.04 to 0.4 inch long.
  • They rely on tunicates, small crustaceans, worms, and mollusks.  
  • The flatworms live under rocks, plants, and debris to keep away the direct sunlight.  
  • The flatworms can be found on hard and soft substrates, but are more common on hard surfaces.

Earthworm:

  • An earthworm belongs to the phylum Annelida.
  • They are terrestrial invertebrates having streamlined bodies with no antennae or fins or arms or legs.
  • Earthworms are 80 cm in length but can grow to about 3 meters.
  • Earthworms eat soil.
  • The nutrition from the soil, such as decaying roots and leaves, animal manures are an important food source for earthworms.
  • They can eat living organisms such as nematodes, protozoans, rotifers, bacteria, fungi in soil.
  • Earthworms live in moist soil and dead plant material.

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