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- noun Plural form of
turbellarian .
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Some of these turbellarians are creatures of great beauty, as the two pictured opposite show.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Probably, most animals before the Cambrian were soft-bodied like modern flatworms, probably also rather small like modern turbellarians – just not good fossil material.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Organisms that live within the interstitial spaces of sea ice include microfauna such as protists, and larger organisms such as ciliates, nematodes, rotatorians, turbellarians, and copepods.
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Probably, most animals before the Cambrian were soft-bodied like modern flatworms, probably rather small like modern turbellarians — just not good fossil material.
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Some of these turbellarians are creatures of great beauty, as the two pictured opposite show.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Probably, most animals before the Cambrian were soft-bodied like modern flatworms, probably also rather small like modern turbellarians – just not good fossil material.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Other predators include crayfish, turbellarians, and nemertean worms.
Nematoda 2008
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All turbellarians possess an intestine without an anus and the mouth is used for both ingestion and egestion.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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Freshwater turbellarians frequently use asexual reproduction in times of environmental stress and when mating partners are scarce.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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Members of one family of turbellarians, Phagocata, simultaneously fragment their body into several pieces and develop a new worm from each piece!
Platyhelminthes 2007
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