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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within theclass Turbellaria —marine flatworms that lack adigestive tract and coelomic cavity.
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The food passes through the mouth directly into this digestive medullary substance, in which we do not generally see any permanent gut-cavity (it may have entirely collapsed); hence these primitive Platodes have been called Acoela
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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Aphanostomum Langii (Haeckel), a primitive worm of the platodaria class, of the order of Cryptocoela or Acoela.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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In this study, we wanted to examine if Acoela possess a neoblast-like stem cell system that is responsible for development, growth, homeostasis and regeneration.
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Traditionally, Acoela were seen as an early branching clade within the Platyhelminthes, but became recently positioned at the base of the Bilateria.
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