Correct option is A
The digestive system of Platyhelminthes, also known as flatworms, has one opening that serves as both the mouth and anus:
- Because of this, the digestive system of Platyhelminthes is considered incomplete, as it doesn't have a separate anus. This means that food can't be processed continuously.
Here are some other characteristics of the digestive system of Platyhelminthes:
- The opening is located outside the body.
- The pharynx is a tube-like part of the mouth that flatworms use to feed.
- The pharynx can be extended to find food and is lined with ciliated epithelium.
- Flatworms can inject digestive juices into their prey and then suck up the liquefied juice.
- Platyhelminthes are soft-bodied, unsegmented invertebrates.
- They are acoelomates, meaning they don't have specialized circulatory and respiratory organs.
- This limits their shape to being flattened, which allows oxygen and nutrients to pass through their bodies by diffusion.