What are the peculiar features that you find in parasitic platyhelminthes?

Q: What are the main human diseases caused by platyhelminthes?

A: Platyhelminthes consists of 3 major groups, namely free-living turbellarians, cestodes, and the…

Q: What are the types of digestion and of digestive system of platyhelminthes?

A: platyhelminthes are bilateral flat worms that derive their nutrition by being parasitic or…

Q: How many germ layers originate the body of platyhelminthes? In relation to this characteristic how…

A: Platyhelminthes, also known as flatworms, are invertebrates having bilateral symmetry. They have an…

Q: What animal group has been most affected by chytrids?

A: Chytrids belong to the kingdom Fungi and are saprotrophs. The process of reproduction is carried out…

Q: Describe in brief morphological nature of the rhizophore of Selaginella.

A: Ans: Rhizophore: The rhizophore are influenced by root secretions as well as soil microbiome.

Q: What feature of Ascaris do you think allows it to survive in so many different environments?

A: Ascaris lumbricoides is the roundworm . Phylum: Nematoda Class:Chromadorea

Q: How do zygomycetes reproduce asexually and sexually?

A: Fungi is the member of group of eukaryotic organisms which involves microorganisms like yeast and…

Q: What is the structure of rhizopus?

A: The kingdom fungi play a key role as decomposers in the environment. The name “fungus” is usually…

Q: Describe characteristics of phylum Platyhelminthes and its subgroups by discussing similarities and…

A: The phylum Platyhelminthes includes a variety of worm-like organisms that share some common…

Q: Identify and label the parts of the following specimens of Phylum Platyhelminthes:

A: It is critical to learn and know the anatomy and physiology of the body. Many changes in the animal…

Q: What are the main human diseases caused by roundworms?

A: The roundworms are the parasites that usually live in the intestine. It is contagious through…

Q: Where would you find phoronids in marine ecosystems

A: Phylum Phoronida possess around 20 species of animals that are small and look like worms.  These are…

Q: Into which classes are platyhelminthes divided? How are these classes characterized and what are…

A: The literal meaning of the phylum Platyhelminthes is the ‘flatworms’. Organisms belonging to this…

Q: How does the schistosomiasis parasite cause bladder cancer

A: The Schistosomiasis parasite (Schistosoma haematobium) which is usually present in water of middle…

Q: What are the distinctive features of glomeromycetes?

A: Glomerocytes have many distinct features. First, live only live in conjunction with plant roots.

Q: What are the division and economic importance of These helminths   D. F. Hepatica E. Fasciola…

A: Characteristics of worms-their body is dorsoventrally flattened,they exhibit bilateral symmetry,…

Q: Explain in detail Structure reproduction and life cycle of agaricus.

A: Introduction :- Agaricus, popularly known as mushroom, is an edible fungus. It's a saprophytic…

Q: All of the following are examples of superficial mycoses EXCEPT, Select one: O a. Ringworm O b.…

A: Mycosis are infectious disease  caused by fungi . Based on the location in the body , they are…

Q: What characteristics of Spongia make them useful as a household sponge?

A: Spongia genus belongs to phylum porifera. It habitat is marine water. This genus contains about 60…

Q: What is the type of reproduction, sexual or asexual, that occurs in platyhelminthes?

A: Platyhelminthes is a phylum which contains flatworms which comes under the kingdom animalia.

Q: Where would you find phoronids in marine ecosystems? What role do they play in the food web?

A: The branch of biology that deals with the relationship among various living organisms and with their…

Q: Are tube feet visible in Ophioderma?

A: Slender arms demarcated from central disk. Thick ossicles with attached musculature. Ossicles may…

Q: Briefly describe how Siboglinids meet their nutritional requirements

A: Siboglinidae may be a family of polychaete annelid worms whose members created up the previous phyla…

Q: In what ways is Ascaris structurally and functionally adapted to life as a parasite in the…

A: The best known species ot this genus is so called large roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, which is…

Q: Which parasitic diseases could conceivably be spread bycontaminated blood and needles?

A: Micro-organisms are such small living organisms that are less than 0.1 mm, and can be seen only…

Q: What do you mean by hydathodes? Where are they present?

A: Introduction: Hydathodes are also known as water stomata.

Q: What do you mean by nematophagus fungi?

A: The nematodes are the members of group eumetazoans characterized by bilateral symmetry and three…

Q: To achieve a cure for tapeworm, why must the antihelminthic drugeither kill the scolex or slacken…

A: Different antimicrobial drugs are effective against a wide variety of microbes like there are…

Q: All adult helminths producea. cysts and trophozoites b. scolex and proglottids c. fertilized eggs…

A: The helminth completes its life cycle by transmission of the infective form, usually eggs or larvae…

Q: How can Rhizaria be distinguished from other protistsin their environment?

A: According to the five kingdom classification by RH Whittaker, the living organisms are classified…

Q: What is thalloid body of a slime mould (Myxomycetes) is known as?

A: The members of myxomycetes are called slime molds because they contain and secrete slime. They are…

Q: How can amoebozoans be distinguished from rhizaria?

A: Amoebozoa and rhizarians are protists having eukaryotic cells and are generally present in aquatic…

Q: What are the major evolutionary features that distinguish Phylum Platyhelminthes from earlier phyla?…

A: The phylum is defined as the taxonomic rank or classification level and placed below kingdom and…

Q: What is trophallaxis? What function(s) does it serve in termites?

A: Behavior is whatever thing an animal does relating action and/or a reaction to a stimulus. Walking,…

Q: Mycetomas don't belong to Deep mycoses Cutaneous mycoses O Mycoses Subcutaneous mycoses

A: Mycetoma is a chronic, progressive inflammatory disease that is caused by certain types of bacteria…

Q: What are the peculiar feature that you find in parasitic platihelminths?

A: Platyhelminthes or Platyhelminths are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented,…

Q: What are the adaptations of parasitic nematodes that make them successful as endoparasites?

A: Parasitic nematodes are round worms that depend on the host for their nutrition they belong to…

Q: What is phylum-platyhelminths?

A: The animal kingdom is very large. It consists of a wide variety of animals that differ from each…

Q: What are general characters in Rhizopodia?

A: As per the system of classification, living organisms can be classified into 5 broad kingdoms-…

Q: List at least two reasons zygomycetes benefit humans

A: Zygomycetes decompose soil, plant matter, & dung, they usually have the major role in  carbon…

Q: The species above belongs to which subtaxon(a) of Platyhelminthes?

A: The species depicted in the image is Tapeworm- Taenia solium These are mostly parasitic living of…

Q: Below are several pictures of the Zygomycete, Rhizopus from macroscopic to microscopic views.

A: Rhizopus is a fungus belonging to class zygomycota.

Q: What parasitic diseases are acquired from unclean water sources

A: Water is used for drinking. It's molecular formula is H2O.

Q: How do diplomonads obtain energy?

A: Fermentation: It is a process that occurs in a lack of oxygen molecules. It is a metabolic process.…

Q: How do euglenoids preserve their food.

A: Euglenoids are unicellular protists commonly found in fresh water. They bear two flagella on the…

Parasitic infections

A parasite is an organism that lives in the body of another organism and obtains food at the expense of the host. There are two kinds of parasites they are internal and external. An internal parasite lives inside another organism and is known as endoparasite. An external parasite lives on the body surface of the host and is known as an ectoparasite.