Answer: Platyhelminthes.
- A Nematoda
- B Platyhelminthes
- C Annelida
- D Arthropoda
Correct answer: B. Platyhelminthes
Explanation: Taenia (tapeworm) is a flatworm belonging to phylum Platyhelminthes; it is an endoparasite found in the intestine.
Moving across the animal phyla, body organisation becomes progressively more complex: from no symmetry and cellular organisation (Porifera) through radial/diploblastic (Cnidaria), bilateral/acoelomate (Platyhelminthes), pseudocoelomate (Nematoda), to a true coelom with full organ systems (Annelida and beyond).
Concept context
Phylum-level classification of the animal kingdom from Porifera to Chordata, based on body symmetry, coelom, and segmentation. One of the most example-heavy chapters for NEET.