Question
What are the peculiar features that you find in parasitic platyhelminthes?
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Answer
Following are the peculiar features of parasitic platy helminthes:
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The thick tegument (body covering) resistant to the host’s digestive enzymes and anti-toxins.
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Adhesive organs like suckers in flukes and the hooks and suckers in tapeworms for a firm grip on or in the host’s body.
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Loss of locomotory organs.
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Digestive organs are absent in tapeworms because digested and semi digested food of the host is directly absorbed’ through the body surface.
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Reproductive system is best developed in parasitic flatworms.
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Parasitic flatworms, such as liver fluke and tapeworms perform anaerobic respiration.
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They possess a considerable osmotic adaptability, as they can successfully live in different media.
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