flatworms cannot make their own food.
They make it in the mitochondria
Platyhelminthes are flatworms. However, because there are many different types of flatworms like Turbellaria and Cestoda, there can be different types of predators. For example, Turbellarians, which are free-roaming flatworms and can live in fresh or salt water environments, have predators that include diving beetles, crustaceans, aquatic insects, tadpoles, and small fish. Some flatworms also may prey upon other flatworms.
Flatworms are divided into two groups, parasitic and nonparasitic. The parasitic types, which live off of other organisms, consist of Cestoda, Trematoda, and Monogenea flatworms.
facts about flatworms
Yes flatworms are invertebrates
Flatworms are the simplest of worms. Small flatworms release a mucus that they use their cilia (small bristles) to move around on. Larger flatworms can swim by contracting the sides of their bodies. Some even have suckers that can attach to other moving objects.
Flatworms are in the Platyhelminthesphylum.
Flatworms exhibit both asexual and sexual reproduction. Many species, such as planarians, can reproduce asexually through fragmentation, where a part of the worm can regenerate into a new individual. Additionally, flatworms are often hermaphroditic, possessing both male and female reproductive organs, and they can engage in sexual reproduction by exchanging sperm with other flatworms.
Yes, flatworms belong to the phylum Platyhelminthes and do possess a mesoderm. They are acoelomate organisms, meaning they lack a true body cavity, but they have three germ layers: ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm. The mesoderm in flatworms contributes to the formation of muscles and other internal structures.
The scientific name for flatworms is Platyhelminthes.
no, flatworms depend on outside food sources