Question

which type of organisms are included in platyhelminthes and why are they named so​

Answer 1

The phylum name Platyhelminthes literally means "flatworms." Members of this phylum are soft, thin-bodied, leaf or ribbonlike worms, including the familiar planaria of ponds and streams, as well as the flukes and tapeworms parasitic in human and other animal bodies.

Flatworm, also called platyhelminth, any of the phylum Platyhelminthes, a group of soft-bodied, usually much flattened invertebrates. A number of flatworm species are free-living, but about 80 percent of all flatworms are parasitic

i.e., living on or in another organism and securing nourishment from it.

Answer 2

Answer:

The organisms are included under Platyhelminthes are called flat forms. Because they have their bodies dorsoventrally flattened and they appear flat. So that type of organisms are called as flat worms.