Question

what are the peculiar features that you find in parasitic plathyhelminths

Answer 1

body wall is 3 layered

Answer 2

Answer:

Taenia (Tapeworm) and Fasciola (liver fluke) are examples of parasitic platyhelminthes.

Peculiar features in parasitic platyhelminthes are:-

1. They have dorsiventrally flattened body and bear hooks and suc*kers to get attached inside the body of the host.

2. Their body is covered with thick tegument, which protects them from the action of digestive juices of the host.

3. The tegument also helps in absorbing nutrients from the host’s body.