What are all the characteristics of helminths?
1 Answer
Jan 8, 2018
The characteristics are as follows: See EXPLAINATION
Explanation:
HABITAT: Endoparasites found in animals.
SYMMETRY: Bilateral symmetry.
ORGANISATION LEVEL: Organ level.
SKELETON: Dorsoventrally flattened body called flatworms too.
REPRODUCTION: Hermaphrodites
FERTILISATION: Internal
DEVELOPMENT: Indirect (Larvae formation)
EXAMPLE: Planaria
Tannenia(Tapeworm)
Fasciole(Liverfluke)
FEATURES:
1). Hooks and suckers are present in parasitic form for support and absorption. Some of them absorb nutrition from the host directly to body surface.
2). Flame cells helps in osmoregulation*. These flamecells helps in excretion too.
3).They are triploblastic.
- Maintainence of constant osmotic pressure in fluid of organism by control of water and salt concentration