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What are th four primary structural differences between a free-living flatworm and a parasitic flatworm?

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free-living flatworm has the epidermis, which provides efficient locomotion and protection, eyes sensitive to light (sensory organ, also including a brain, a nervous system, and others for taste smell and touch), a pharynx to suck up food particles, and and no means to attach to a "host".
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