Name two parasitic organisms each from the phyla platyhelminthes and Nematoda.
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Explanation:
Phylum Platyhelminthes is composed of the flatworms: acoelomate organisms that include many free-living and parasitic forms. Most of the flatworms are classified in the superphylum Lophotrochozoa, which also includes the mollusks and annelids. ... Many flatworms are parasitic, including important parasites of humans.
Nematodes that commonly parasitise humans include ascarids (Ascaris), filarias, hookworms, pinworms (Enterobius), and whipworms (Trichuris trichiura). The species Trichinella spiralis, commonly known as the 'trichina worm', occurs in rats, pigs, bears, and humans, and is responsible for the disease trichinosis.
Answer:
organisms that take food from other living organisms are called parasites.
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examples
platyhelminthes:-tape worm , liver fluke
nematoda:-ascaris,pinworm