╔═════════════════════╗ ★PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES★ ╚═════════ | NEET SHORT NOTES & TRICKS

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★PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES★
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●dorso-ventrally flattened body: flatworms
●mostly endoparasites
●bilaterally symmetrical
● Hooks and suckers- parasitic forms
● flame cells help in osmoregulation and excretion
● hermaphrodite
●Fertilisation is internal and development is indirect

EXAMPLES

☆Planaria
☆Taenia - Tapeworm
☆ Fasciola - Liver fluke