Question

write down salient features of phylum plathelminthes
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Answer 1

Anilmals belonging to phylum Platyhelminthes have the following features:

1.They are triploblastic,acoelomate and bilaterally symmetrical.

2.They are mostly parasitic with a few free-living.

3.Their body has a soft covering with or without the cilia and their body is not segmented.

4.They are Hermaphrodites i.e.,both the male and the female organs are present in the same body.

5.They reproduce sexually by the fusion of gametes and asexually by the fission and the regeneration.

6.The flame cells are included which help in the process of excretion.

7.They have an organ system grade of organization.