How does a flatworm move?

Answer 1

"Movement in some flatworms is controlled by longitudinal, circular, and oblique layers of muscle. Others move along slime trails by the beating of epidermal cilia."

Citation:

Myers, P. 2002. "Platyhelminthes" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 17, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Platyhelminthes.html.

Answer 2

Movement of the flatworm is by means of two layers of muscles in its body wall and by thousands of cilia, which cover its lower surface. The animal's movement is controlled by this simple nervous system. The flatworm will move away from bright light. It has eyespots that allow the animal to tell light from dark and the direction the light is coming from.

Answer 3

Free living flatworms usually swim. They do this by shaking their bodies or in some cases moving using their cillia

Answer 4

swims , with graceful wave-like movements