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platyhelminthes::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | phylum platyhelminthes |
| Type of | phylum |
Examples of platyhelminthes
platyhelminthes
Unlike most other bilaterians, platyhelminthes have no internal body cavity and are therefore described as acoelomates.
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Another 35 of the silenced genes may shed light on the parasitic platyhelminthes, such as Schitosoma mansoni, which cause disease in millions of people.
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- Flatworms
- See text.
- A phylum of animal that includes all flatworms.
- E.g. liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica). Triploblastic, coelomate organisms with bilateral symmetry. Gas exchange takes place by simple diffusion due to large S.A. to volume ratio.
- Organs and organ systems, bilateral symmetry, no body cavity, no circulatory, nerves are ladder-type w/paired nerve cords; definite head and tail ends.
- Are the first triploblastic animals exhibiting bilateral symmetry. They also have a digestive tract with one opening. they are flattened worms, some of which are free-living and others parasitic. Flukes are oval, leaf-like parasites with suckers for attachment. ...
