what is the difference between tapeworm and roundworm - Science - Diversity in Living Organisms

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what is the difference between tapeworm and roundworm

Jahirul Mazumder · Accepted Answer

TAPEWORM

ROUNDWORM

Tapeworms
belongs to phylum: platyhelminthes

Roundworm belongs to phylum nematoda

Tape worms cannot be seen with a naked eye unless there are lots of
them

Round worms are easily seen with naked eye

Tapeworm have incomplete digestive system

Roundworms have complete digestive systems

THEY ARE acoelomates

They Possess pseudocoelom

Dorsoventrally flattened bodies

Round body with tapered ends

Tapeworms
are composed of separable segments called proglottids

Roundworms do not have body segments

TAPEWORM	ROUNDWORM
Tapeworms belongs to phylum: platyhelminthes	Roundworm belongs to phylum nematoda
Tape worms cannot be seen with a naked eye unless there are lots of them	Round worms are easily seen with naked eye.
Tapeworm have incomplete digestive system	Roundworms have complete digestive systems
THEY ARE acoelomates	They Possess pseudocoelom
Dorsoventrally flattened bodies.	Round body with tapered ends
Tapeworms are composed of separable segments called proglottids	Roundworms do not have body segments.