The planarian feeds on crustaceans, larvae, and small worms. To eat, it extends a long, tubular pharynx from its mouth. Through this tube it secretes digestive juice onto its prey, then sucks in bits of partly-digested food.
A planarian can live without food for about a week.
the planarian eats by extending it pharnyx through the mouth and sucks food into the intstine
to siphon food into their gut.
they take it in through their mouth
they take it in through their mouth
The planarian creates a sucking movement with its pharynx in order to ingest food.
a planarian gets its food bi sucking on a tube called phlanx the food goes into the gastro -sd
planarian
Lake Pedder planarian was created in 1974.
They use their 8 arms and 2 tentacles to capture food.
The phylum name for planarians is Platyhelminthes, which includes flatworms like the planarian. They are characterized by their flattened body shape and bilateral symmetry.
A Planarian is an acoelomate, meaning they do not have a body cavity at all.