Question

Do Platyhelminthes have a brain?

Answer 1

Platyhelminthes:

1. The phylum Platyhelminthes include free-living or parasitic organisms.
2. They are acoelomate, bilaterally symmetrical, and triploblastic.
3. They have a rudimentary brain.
4. It gives rise to one or more longitudinal nerve cords, which constitute the central nervous system.
5. The primordial brain is represented in the head area by cerebral ganglia or nerve nets.
6. A network of nerves runs around the periphery of the body.