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JIPMER 2009
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2009
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Animal Kingdom

JIPMER 2009 · Botany · Animal Kingdom

Turbellarians are free living

Turbellarians are free living

Options

  1. Anematodes
  2. Bcestodes
  3. Cflat worms
  4. Dtrematodes

Correct answer

C. flat worms

Step-by-step solution

Turbellaria (L. turbella - a string) is a class of phylum-Platyhelminthes. Turbellarians are mostly free, living flat worms, majorly aquatic (marine), presence of cilia, body unsegmented, mouth ventral, suckers absent with tango, chemo and photoreceptors, eg, Planaria (Dugesia), Bipalium etc. Trematoda (Gr. trema = hole; eidos = form), class of phylum-Platyhelminthes. Commonly called 'flukes', ecto or endoparasites, body without cilia, unsegmented with suckers and hooks, eg, Fasciola, Schistosoma etc.Cestoda (Gr. kestos = girdle eidos = form) is also one of the class of phylum-Platyhelminthes. They are commonly called 'tapeworms' parasites without cilia and sense organs body segmented (pseudometamerism), digestive system absent, eg, Taenia and Echinococcus.
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