One example of animals having a single opening to the outside that serves both as mouth as well as anus is

One example of animals having a single opening to the outside that serves both as mouth as well as anus is
  1. Octopus
  2. Asterias
  3. Ascidia
  4. Fasciola

Solution

Fasciola hepatica (sheep liver fluke) belongs to phylum-Platyhelminthes. These worms have incomplete alimentary canal, there is a single opening for both ingestion and egestion. This is also called as blind sac body plan.

Asked in: NEET 2010 (Screening)

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