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    The document summarizes the phylum Platyhelminthes, or flatworms, which contains over 18,500 species and are the most primitive bilateral animals. They lack organs and have a ladder-like nervous system. The phylum contains three classes - Turbellaria which includes freshwater and terrestrial planarians, Trematoda which contains endoparasitic flukes that infect vertebrates, and Cestoda which are endoparasitic tapeworms of vertebrates composed of segments called proglottids.

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    The document summarizes the phylum Platyhelminthes, or flatworms, which contains over 18,500 species and are the most primitive bilateral animals. They lack organs and have a ladder-like nervous system. The phylum contains three classes - Turbellaria which includes freshwater and terrestrial planarians, Trematoda which contains endoparasitic flukes that infect vertebrates, and Cestoda which are endoparasitic tapeworms of vertebrates composed of segments called proglottids.

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    Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

    18,500 spp. most primitive bilateral animals acoelomate triploblastic minimal cephalization no circulatory system nervous system- ladder-like

    Taxonomy
    Class Turbellaria (planarians)
    Class Trematoda (flukes) Class Cestoda (tapeworms)

    Flatworm Physiology
    Respiration and excretion via diffusion through the body wall hermaphroditic w/ internal fertilization asexual reproduction via fragmentation

    Class Turbellaria (planarians)


    fresh water, terrestrial, mostly marine ciliated epidermis evertable pharynx example: Planaria

    Class Trematoda (flukes)


    11,000 spp. medically important endoparasites of vertebrates eggs void in feces free swimming larvae example: Clonorchis Chinese liver fluke

    Class Cestoda (tapeworms)


    3400 spp. endoparasites of vertebrates scolex- holdfast proglottids example: Taenia- beef tapeworm

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