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Kuksikşmi,31 etc.), which sometimes aggregate in colonies (e.g. sādhāranasarıras). Some are free - living and others are parasitic (anusyuta )
Phylum platyhelminthes
The flatworm, with flat, and either oval or elongated, bilaterally symmmtrical bodies (a type of krmi).32
Class Castoda
The tape worms (a kind of krmi),33 parasitic flat worms with no digestive tract, the body consists of a head and a chain of "segments" of individuals which bud from the head.
Phylum Nematoda
The round worms (a kind of krmi).34 An extremely large phylum charac. terized by elongated. Cylindrical, bilaterally symmetrical bodies, they live as parasites in plants and animals or are free living in the soil or water.
Phylum Annciida
: The segmented worms (Nupurka).35
There is a distinct head, digestive tract coleom, and some non-jointed appendages. The digestive system is divided into specialised regions.
Class Hirudinea
The leeches (Jalūkā)36 flattened annelids lacking bristles and parapodia, but with suckers at anterior and posterior ends.
Phylum Arthropoda
Segmental animals with jointed appendages and hard, chitinous skin, with body divided into head, thorax and
1. Uttaradhyayana 35. 128; TS. II 24 ; Pannavana l. 50, 56. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid, 35, Pannavaná 1.56. 1 ; Tattvārthādhigama Sūtra II 24. 36. It come under the category of Annelids. ; See Paņņavanā 1.56 ; TS., II. 24.
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