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Phylum Platyhelminthes Flashcards

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Xtics of Platyhelminthes

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  • Flatworms
  • Acoelomates
  • Gut has one opening: mouth
  • Hermaphrodites
  • No vascular and respiratory systems
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What is the opening in the gut of Platyhelminthes?

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Mouth, no anus.

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What are the 4 classes in Platyhelminthes?

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Turbellaria- have rhabdites, no cuticle

Monogenea- fish surface is host

Trematoda- covered by complex tegument

Cestoda- tapeworms

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Xtics of class cestoda

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Tapeworms

Endoparasites

Segmented, tape-like

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What is each segment in cestoda called?

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Proglottid

Each proglottid is a hermaphrodite.

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