How do giant tube worms receive their nutrition?

Q: What do planarians (triclad flatworms) eat, and how do they digest it?

A: A planarian is a type of flatworm belonging to class Turbellaria. These organisms are present in…

Q: What do “true lobsters” like the American lobster feed on?

A: Lobsters are a family of large marine crustaceans.lobsters have long bodies with muscular tails and…

Q: Where do tapeworms live?

A: Tapeworms are flat, segmented worms that live in the intestines of some animals.  Animals can become…

Q: What are various digestive glands present in the cockroaches?

A: Cockroach (Periplanata americana) is a common household insect. It belongs to insects family. It is…

Q: What is the ecological role of earthworms?

A: Ecology is the science that studies the biota (living things), the environment, and their…

Q: How is the division of body of the insect?

A: Introduction  Insecta is the largest class of phylum Arthropoda under Kingdom Animalia. Arthropods…

Q: What are examples of nematodes?

A: Nematodes play vital ecological roles as parasites, predators, and decomposers of small organisms.…

Q: In what ways are annelids important?

A: The organisms of the ecosystem have different features compared to the others. Classification is the…

Q: How do clams feed and why are they called bivalves?

A: Bivalves are the Mollusks (such as clams, oysters, scallops, mussels etc) and they have a two-part…

Q: What function other than feeding do suckers serve?

A: There are many organisms that have sucker which is a kind of attachment in the body. It is found in…

Q: How do arthropods grow?

A: Arthropods occur on land, in the soil, sea water, fresh water and in the bodies of animals and…

Q: How many tube feet would you estimate are on the oral surface of a sea star?

A: Starfish are star-shaped echinoderms which belongs to the class Asteroidea. They are found in marine…

Q: How do ctenophores swim, and how do they obtain food?

A: Ctenophores comprise a phylum of invertebrates that survive in the marine waters worldwide. It is…

Q: What is so primitive about the gastrointestinal system of free living flatworms?

A: Flatworms are basically defined as the soft bodied organisms that have flattened body. The tapeworm…

Q: What is the role of cuticle of in the body of cockroaches?

A: Insects are the invertebrate organisms which are the largest group in the arthropoda phylum. The…

Q: . In what ways are arthropods important?

A: A large group of invertebrate animals is Arthropods. Arthropods include insects, spiders, crabs,…

Q: How do the starfish reproduce?

A: Starfish can replicate asexually and sexually. In sexual reproduction, reproduction happens in the…

Q: What are Free-Living Flatworms ?

A: Flatworms are the flattened invertebrates belonging to the Platyhelminthes phylum in the animal…

Q: What are zoospores?

A: Motile spore that is asexual and uses its flagella for its locomotion is known as zoospores.Zoospore…

Q: Do tapeworms have a complicated digestive system? Can they be transferred through undercooked red…

A: Introduction :- Tapeworms are the invertebrates , that belongs to the phylum platyhelminthes and…

Q: How many setae are on each segment of the earthworm?

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Q: How does an entoproct differ from an ectoproct?

A: In crustaceans like crayfish, a sac like organ called statocysts occurs that opens to the surface by…

Q: How do annelids feed, exchange gases, and move?

A: Annelids are the phylum of animal kingdom that represent the segmented body also known as segmented…

Q: How does digestion in cnidarians differ from digestion in sponges?

A: In cnidarians. Digestion is extracellular followed by intracellular digestion

Q: Are flatworms monoecious or dioecious?

A: Monoecious are those organisms that contain both female as well as male reproductive organs. They…

Q: What is the difference between Tapeworm and Ring worm?

A: Animals are the multicellular organisms . They are classified as vertebrates and invertebrates on…

Q: What is a tongue worm, and where would it be found?

A: Tongue worms are classified as the members of Pentastomida under the Phylum Arthropoda, because they…

Q: Why do parasites like trematodes produce such large quantities of eggs?

A: The trematode reproduces asexually inside this mollusk host, creating numerous copies of a second…

Q: Are all flatworms parasite? What are some of the special adaptations seen in the parasitic classes…

A: About 80% flatworms parasitic in nature. Parasitic adaptation  enhance the survival and reproduction…

Q: What are some examples of arthropods?

A: The organisms belonging to the phylum Arthropoda are characterized by the presence of pairs of…

Q: What is the purpose of gill slits?

A: Gill slits are defined as the individual openings to  the gills which lack a single outer cover.…

Q: In what ways do the characteristics of parasitic flatworms differ from those free-living planaria?

A: Platyhelminthes are also known as flat worms. They are mostly parasites but some are free-living.…

Q: How does digestion in beings of the phylum Annelida work and which type of digestive system do they…

A: Annelida also called as the ringed worms or segmented worm. It is a large phylum, with over 22,000…

Q: How do reptile eggs protect the young?

A: Parental care is a type of behavior shown by the animals to protect their young ones.

Q: Are acoelomate flatworms basal bilaterians?

A: While classifying the animals based on their internal structures and external features, the presence…

Q: What is tape worm and its structure?

A: Worms can be divided into several groups, but are still technically decomposers. The first of these,…

Q: How do adult hookworms get into the intestine?

A: Hookworm is a parasite that causes infection in people of all ages. It is more likely to occur in a…

Q: What is the class of this animal?

A: The animal shown in the image is Tortoise. The tortoise is a terrestrial animal and found on all…

Q: What’s an invertebrate?

A: RH Whittaker gave the five-kingdom classification and divided all the living organisms into the five…

Q: Which worms can be found in the eye? Which cause blindness?

A: Step 1 Eye worms are most often the type of parasite that may be lodge in an individual’s eyes or…

Q: What are the parts and function of the digestive system of a frog?

A: The digestive system is responsible for breaking down of large food particles into smaller food…

Q: What is the clitellum of earthtworms and where it is located?

A: An earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate found in the upper layers of the moist soil that is rich…

Q: in eathworms, Is the clitellum located near the anterior or posterior end? What does the clitellum…

A: Annelida are segmented worms that live in saltwater, freshwater, and wet terrestrial environments.…

Q: Why are parasitic worm infections so difficult to treat?

A: Infection is defined as the invasion and multiplication of specific microorganisms such as bacteria,…

Q: What is the function of the Glizzard in a worms body.

A: The worms gizzard is an oval, thick walled and highly muscular organ lying in the 8th -9th segment.