Which is a free-living platyhelminthes?

Planaria

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Fasciola

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Taenia

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Schistosoma

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Solution

The correct option is A Planaria
Phylum Platyhelminthes includes triploblastic, acoelomate, bilaterally symmetrical and dorsoventrally compressed flatworms. Phylum Platyhelminthes has following characteristic features:
(1) Free-living, commensal or parasitic forms
(2) Body cavity (coelom) lacking.
(3) Soft-bodied, unsegmented worms.
for example, planaria, liver fluke, tapeworm etc.
Thus option A is the correct answer.

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