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How are nematodes and platyhelminthes similar?

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Some of the few similarities between the two groups:
  • Both are true animals and have all the features that come with that (Eumetazoa)
  • Both have bilateral symmetry–are roughly the same left to right–and are a member of clade Bilateria
  • Both are extremely enthusiastic as parasites
  • Neither have any hard parts and have little fossil record
  • Both are roughly worm shaped, although the occasional platyhelminth gets creative with this
  • Both are triploblastic–they have three cell layers during development, unlike cnidarians like anemones, which are diploblastic.


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