Platyhelminthes Flashcards
Blood fluke
Schistosoma
Lung fluke
Paragonimus westermani
Bladder fluke
Polystoma
Dwarf tapeworm
Hymenolopsis nana
Dog tapeworm
Echinococcus granulosus / Hydatid worm
Fish tapeworm
Diphyllobothrium
Excretory organs in platyhelminthes
Flame cells/ protonephridia/ solenocytes
Diplozoon
- Ectoparasite on fish
- Complete monogamy
Rod like bodies in turbellarians
Rhabdites
Alternation of host and alternation of generations
Fasciola
Light sensitive cells in planaria
Ocelli
Regenerative cells in platyhelminthes
Neoblasts/ formative cells
Everted pharynx found in
Planaria (extra-oral digestion)
Fascioliasis caused by
Fasciola hepatica
Fasciolopsis caused by
Fasciola buski
Mehli’s gland
Lubricates egg passage
Vitelline gland
Produces yolk
Laurer’s canal
Acts as vagina
Intermediate host of fasciola
Snail (Planorbis, Lymnae)