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Flatworms

The phylum Platyhelminthes (aka flatworms) are rather primitive invertebrates that can be either parasitic or non-parasitic depending upon the species. They have no body cavity, no circulatory organs and no respiratory organs. Questions about flatworms can be asked and answered here.

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What are disease caused by flatworms?

Well it depends, but in some cases people use pills to lower their weight and in those pills their is an egg and the egg becomes to a flat worm. So when that flatworm grows really big in your stomach it eats half of your food and you don't get enough food and people die from it.

How are leeches flatworms earthworms and annelid worms alike?

this is because all of them have segmented body ,they are billaterally symmetrical , they also have a ceolomated body

What is the adaptive advantage of a nervous system to a free-living flatworm?

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The nervous system allows a free-living flatworm to respond to stimuli in its environment. The eyespots in the nervous system can detect the presence or absence of light and the sensory cell can detect chemicals and movement in water. These adaptions are necessary to the primary environments of flatworms.

What does the flatworm phylum include?

A Flatworm Phylum includes free-living,tapeworms,and,flukes.Did this answer work rate it.

What is the respiration of a planaria?

Well, if this is a homework question that you don't know the answer to, you NEED to ask your teacher and NOT the internet because the internet could have lies. So because of this, you student, I will not answer. And I HOPE no one else who knows the answer (like I do) will not answer so that this student my learn the PROPER way to find answers i.e. asking the teacher not internet.

What does the shovel do on the shovel-headed land flatworm?

The shovel headed land flatworm uses the thin,flat shovel head, to push its way through loose moist dirt

Is a schistosoma a nematode?

Schistosoma is not a nematode, is a genus of Trematode under Phylum Platyhelminthes meaning the flatworms, nematode are round unsegmented worms.

How do flatworms grow two heads?

they become mutatted before they are born so when they are born the have 2 heads

What is planaria class?

The planaria class is Turbellaria

What is the complex invertebrate flatworm sponge coral or crab?

I had asked the same thing before but then I figured it out. Out of a flatworm, sponge, coral, or crab, the complex invertebrate is a crab.

What eats flatworms in the ocean?

Flatworms have many predators, including aquatic insects, such as dragonfly naiads and diving beetles. Tadpoles, small fish, and crustaceans also eat them.