Adaptive features of schistosoma to its survival

Describe the adaptive features of schistosoma to its survival.(10marks)

 



Suggested resposponses


They have suckers; for the attachment in veins so as not to be dislodged by the blood;

Have definitive and intermediate hosts; that increases chances of survival;

Carcariae and eggs secretes lytic enzymes; which allow penetration into the host blood vessels;

The male has a gynecophoric canal; in which it carries the female...