The correct answer is option 1.
महत्त्वाचे मुद्दे (Key Points):
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Phylum Platyhelminthes belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
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The organisms are also known as flatworms.
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These are acoelomates and they include many free-living and parasitic life forms.
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Platyhelminthes have the following important characteristics:
They are triploblastic, acoelomate, and bilaterally symmetrical.
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They may be free-living or parasites.
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The body has a soft covering with or without cilia.
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Their body is dorsoventrally flattened without any segments and appears like a leaf.
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They are devoid of the anus and circulatory system but have a mouth.
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They respire by simple diffusion through the body surface.
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They have an organ level of organization.
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They do not have a digestive tract.
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The space between the body wall and organs is filled with connective tissue parenchyma which helps in transporting the food material.
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They are hermaphrodites, i.e., both male and female organs are present in the same body.
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They reproduce sexually by fusion of gametes and asexually by regeneration by fission and regeneration. Fertilization is internal.
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The life cycle is complicated with one or more larval stages.
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They possess the quality of regeneration.
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The flame cells help in excretion and osmoregulation.
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The nervous system comprises the brain and two longitudinal nerve cords arranged in a ladder-like fashion.
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Hence option 1 is correct.
Phylum Platyhelminthes (Flatworms): Characterized by triploblastic germ layers, acoelomate body cavity, bilateral symmetry, and flame cells (protonephridia) for excretion. Key examples: Planaria, Taenia (Tapeworm), Fasciola (Liver fluke).