NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Biology Chapter 4 Animal Kingdom
Important Board Questions
Animal Kingdom
NCERT Books for Session 2022-2023
CBSE Board and UP Board
Question : 6
What are the peculiar features that you find in parasitic platyhelminthes?
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Taenia (Tapeworm) and Fasciola (liver fluke) are examples of parasitic platyhelminthes.
Peculiar features in parasitic platyhelminthes are as follows.
1 They have dorsiventrally flattened body and bear hooks and suckers to get attached inside the body of the host.
2 Their body is covered with thick tegument, which protects them from the action of digestive juices of the host.
3 The tegument also helps in absorbing nutrients from the host’s body.
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