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Phylum Platyhelminthes

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(i) Body of platyhelminthes is slender and flat like a leaf or strip. Hence called 'flat worms.'
(ii) Body is acoelomate, bilaterally symmetrical.
(iii) Most of them are endoparasites. Few are free living and aquatic.
(iv) They are triploblastic.
(v) These animals are hermaphrodite. e.g. Planaria, tape worm, liverfluke, etc
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