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What kingdom are flatworms and roundworms in?
Animalia
What phylum are flatworms in?
Platyhelminthes
What phylum are roundworm in?
Nematoda
Explain why planarians and flukes are called flatworms.
They are dorso-ventrally flattened.
What type of symmetry do flatworms show?
Bilateral
What is cephalization?
Has a head
Flatworms are acoelomates. What does that mean?
They do not have a coelom.
Describe how flatworms breathe.
Diffusion
Ganglia in flatworms is similar to what in humans?
Brain
What are Flame Cells?
specialized cells of planarian located along the lateral edges and used for excretion
Flatworms are hermaphrodites. What does that mean?
They have both male and female reproductive organs
What are the body segments of the tapeworm called?
Proglottids
What is the structure on a tapeworm that contains suckers and/or hooks?
Scolex
Give an example of an organism in class Turbellaria.
Planarian, Marine flatworms
Give an example of an organism in class Trematoda.
Flukes, Schistosoma mansoni
Give an example of an organism in class Cestoda.
Tape worms
