| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Phylum Platyhelminthes | dorso ventrally flattened, bi-lateral symmetry (1st group to show this), tripoblastic: ectoderm, endoderm, mesoderm. anterior (front) ganglia (nerves), sexual & asexual reproduction |
| Class Turbelleria | free living, carnivores/scavengers, body covered in cillia, swim on land by secretion of slime. Turbelleria are either: Tricladia (planarian) or Polycladia (distinguished by # of branches) |
| Planaria | Class Turbelleria, Phylum Platyhelminthes |
| Class Trematoda | parasites, have indirect development (must have host), no hook, uses suckers to dig into host |
| Fluke | Class Trematoda, Phylum Platyhelminthes |
| Class Cestoda | 2 parts: Scolex (hooks and suckers) used for attachment and is not the head. Strobila (all the proglotid (each segment)) |
| proglotid | each segment/piece |
| Tapeworm | Class Cestoda, Phylum Platyhelminthes |
| no digestive system b/c he eats our food | Tapeworm |
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