Definitions for "Platyhelminthes"
Keywords:  flatworms, phylum, theez, dorso, hel
Phylum of flatworms which live in aquatic and damp terrestrial habitats. Flatworms are soft, unsegemented worms whose bodies are characterized by their dorso-ventral (top to bottom) flattening. Flatworm species are both free-living and parasitic (tapeworms). There are many free-living flatworms in the Chesapeake Bay.
A phylum of animal that includes all flatworms.
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