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In flatworms

Option: 1

Development is direct and fertilization is external


Option: 2

Development is indirect and fertilization is external


Option: 3

Development is indirect and fertilization is internal


Option: 4

Development is indirect and fertilization is internal


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Reproduction and Development in Platyhelminthes -

  • The Platyhelminthes are hermaphroditic animals.
  • The male and female sex organs are present in the same animal. 
  • Fertilization is internal and development is indirect. 
  • Many larval stages are formed before an adult is produced. 
  • Bladder Worm (cysticercus) is the larval stage seen in Tapeworm
  • Some animals, like Planaria, show the high capacity of regeneration. 
  • Therefore, asexual reproduction occurs through regeneration. 
     

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Fertilization is internal and development is indirect. Many larval stages are formed before an adult is produced.

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