Platyhelminthes
Flatworms
Awesome facts
- They are flat soft bodied Bilateral symmetry, invertebrate animals
- about half are good and many are parasitic
- can live anywhere land, fresh and marine water
- contain about 20,000 species
Meet your parasitic friend the Cestoda (tapeworm)
- loves to be in the digestive tracts of vertebrates, and eat all those good nutrients from their host
- are usually 2-8 m long but can be up to 25 m long
Some Platyhelminthes include:
- Flatworms
- Tapeworms
- Monogenea
- Turbellaria