Aschelminthes

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Key features

Circular in cross-section and pseudocoelomate; a complete gut with mouth and anus; sexes separate.

NCERT examples of Aschelminthes (3)

AscarisRoundwormAschelminthes
WuchereriaFilarial wormAschelminthesCauses filariasis (elephantiasis).
AncylostomaHookwormAschelminthes
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