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ZOOLOGY

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Which of these if the correct phylum for flat worms
A
nematoda
B
nemotodo
C
nemo
D
nemetodas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Flatworms belong to phylum Platyhelminthes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike flatworms, nematodes are slender, and they are covered by a protective cuticle. A cuticle is a waxy covering secreted by the epidermis, or outermost cellular tissue.

Detailed explanation-3: -flatworm, also called platyhelminth, any of the phylum Platyhelminthes, a group of soft-bodied, usually much flattened invertebrates.

Detailed explanation-4: -The organisms belonging to the phylum Nematoda are also known as “roundworms”. There are 28000 species of Nematoda identified till date. They are unsegmented vermiform animals.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nematodes are round with a body cavity. They have one way guts with a mouth at one end and an anus at the other. They have a pseudocoelom that is lined on one side with mesoderm and on the other side with endoderm.

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