Name one example of each of an animal which shows the following characteristics:
(iv) Has a flattened ribbon-like body.

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Answer: Tapeworm.

Tapeworm belongs to the Phylum-Platyhelminthes and lives as a parasite in the human body.

The tapeworm occurs in the human intestine and may gain a length of about six meters. It looks like a long ribbon with a small head-like part at the front.

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Name one example of each of an animal which shows the following characteristics: (iv) Has a flattened ribbon-like body.

Answer: Tapeworm. Tapeworm belongs to the Phylum-Platyhelminthes and lives as a parasite in the human body. The tapeworm occurs in the human intestine and may gain a length of about six meters. It looks like a long ribbon with a small head-like part at the front.

Name one example of each of an animal which shows the following characteristics:
(iv) Has a flattened ribbon-like body.

Answer: Tapeworm.

Tapeworm belongs to the Phylum-Platyhelminthes and lives as a parasite in the human body.

The tapeworm occurs in the human intestine and may gain a length of about six meters. It looks like a long ribbon with a small head-like part at the front.