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PLATYHELMINTHES
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
• The simplest animals that are bilaterally symmetrical.
• The anterior end has scolex. It used to attach to the host body.
• Asexual reproduction
• Sexual reproduction
Excretion System
• Flame cells, the beating of their flagella extract water that contains
wastes and some reusable material, and drive it into networks of
tube cells which are lined with flagella and microcilli.
• The tube cells flagella drive the water towards exits called
Nephridiopores