6. What are the peculiar features that you find in parasitic platyhelminthes?
Platyhelminthes are mostly parasites. The peculiar features of Platyhelminthes are as follows
1. The body of the Platyhelminthes is covered by a thick covering called the tegument. It protects the animal from the action of the digestive enzymes of the host.
2. Platyhelminthes is dorsoventrally flattened.
3. Platyhelminthes possess adhesive structures such as suckers and hookers that help derive nutrition from the host body.
4. Locomotory organs are absent.
5. The reproductive system is well developed. Mostly, they are bisexual or hermaphrodites.