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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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How do you make a flatworm costume?

Step 1. Move to Alcatraaz

Step 2. Cover yourself in BBQ sauce

Step 3. Do a tribal dance

Step 4. Wait for the flatworm to come

Step 5. Slay the mighty flatworm

Step 6. Gut the flatworm

Step 7. Wear the costume

Enjoy

What are the disadvantages of a flatworm's digestive system having only one opening?

They cannot eat continuously (there mouth and anus are present in the same opening)

What are the characteristics of flatworm?

There are different types/species of flatworms. A flatworm is in the family of platyheliminthes and has a flat body with bilateral symmetry. They also have soft but solid body's. If I'm not mistaken, they are parasitic life forms.

What do Fasciola eat?

Fasciola Hepatica is well known as a liver fluke. It is a parasite in the liver that feeds on biliary ducts.

What accounts for the characteristics wriggling movement of roundworms?

The wriggling movement of roundworms is a result of the fact that they do not have circular muscles, however, they do have lengthwise muscles. Roundworms are also known as nematodes.

Do flatworms live on rocks?

most the time they live on live rock but they are usually found on corals as well.

Flatworms are the first organisms you have discussed with an anterior-posterior orientation How does this affect their movement compared to the movement to of more primitive organisms?

Flatworms are themselves a rather primitive organism. However, having the orientation of anterior-posterior allows them to move their anterior towards food and their posterior away from irritants, which are movements that organisms without this orientation can't do.-Hilary Kinyua

What are the roundworms four organs?

muscle, Nerve, excretory, and reproductive organs

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 is the symbiotic relationship between a tapeworm and human?

The relationship between a tapeworm and a human is parasitic rather than symbiotic, as the tapeworm benefits at the expense of the host. The tapeworm resides in the human intestine, absorbing nutrients from digested food, which can lead to malnutrition and other health issues for the host. While the tapeworm thrives by exploiting the host's resources, the human suffers negative consequences, highlighting the one-sided nature of this interaction.

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