Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
phylum within thesuperphylum Protostomia — theflatworms .
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- noun flatworms
Etymologies
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Here I'll add just one new point, illustrated by the flatworms, Platyhelminthes.
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Molecular evidence linking hominid evolution to recent radiation of schistosomes Platyhelminthes: Trematoda.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Molecular evidence linking hominid evolution to recent radiation of schistosomes Platyhelminthes: Trematoda.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Molecular evidence linking hominid evolution to recent radiation of schistosomes Platyhelminthes: Trematoda.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The phylum Platyhelminthes contains both parasitic worms and the free living flatworms.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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In fact, there are so many species of beetles that there are more species of beetles than the total number of species currently living in the Phyla Echinodermata, Mollusca, Annelida, Platyhelminthes, Cnidaria, and Porifera combined!
Species richness 2007
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Digeneans, like most other Platyhelminthes, have no special provisions for circulation but do have a lymphatic system.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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All of these groups of Platyhelminthes are parasitic and have adapted their life cycles and body structures to help them better utilize their hosts.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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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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Tissue plasticity and a substantial regeneration capacity based on stem cells are the hallmark of several invertebrate groups such as sponges, cnidarians and Platyhelminthes.
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