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How do endoparasites survive inside the body of the host?


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Endoparasites have extreme specialisations which makes their life cycles more complex. Some examples of endoparasites are Taenia solium and Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke), etc.

The special structures possessed by endoparasites are as follows:

➥ Hooks .

➥ Dorsoventrally flattened body.

➥ High reproductive potential.

➥ Indirect development.

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