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2006-12-04 15:54:38 · 5 answers · asked by n3cia 1 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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a worm which was stepped on or run over by a compactor!

2006-12-04 15:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

do you mean to say flatworms as in the phylum Platyhelminthes?

well, this phylum has
1. flatworms,
2. tapeworms, and
3. flukes.

it consists of 4 classes:

1. Cestoda
2. Trematoda
3. Turbellaria
4. Monogenea

2006-12-05 03:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by ayaliz 2 · 0 0

There are free-living flatworms in both fresh water and marine habitats. These belong to the class Turbellaria. The fresh water forms are often referred to as "planaria".

There are also a great many flatworms that are parasites. These fall into two classes - the Trematoda, or "flukes", and the Cestoda, or "tapeworms". Tapeworms are intestinal parasites in vertebrate animals. Flukes can be external parasites of marine animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, and also internal parasites of both land and aquatic animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate. Some of the best known flukes are:

- schistosomes, or blood flukes, which infect a variety of vertebrates, including humans.
-lung flukes, which infect rats, pigs, and humans.
-liver flukes, in cattle, sheep, goats, and humans.
-intestinal flukes, usually in reptiles, birds, and rodents, but sometimes in humans.

Flukes have very complex life cycles, usually involving a larval stage in a snail, often a secondary larval stage in another animal, and then an adult reproductyive stage in the final host.

The third class, tapeworms, are usually called just that - tapeworms. Species which infect humans are often referred to by the source from which a human being might become infected - pork tapeworm, beef tapeworm, fish tapeworm, etc. Other species are often referred to by the animal in which the adult worm lives - dog tapeworm, cat tapeworm, rat tapeworm.

Animals don't usually have common names applied to them unless they are species which many ordinary folks (non-scientists) are familiar with. Scientists refer to them by their scientific names. Since most people are not familiar with most species of flatworms, most flatworms do not have common names.

Some scientific names:
Blood flukes - Three human species - Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma japonicum.
Liver Flukes - Fasciola hepatica, Clonorchis sinensis.
Intestinal Fluke - Fasciolopsis buski.
Pork Tapeworm - Taenia solium.
Beef Tapeworm - Taenia saginata
Fish Tapeworm - Dibothriocephalus latus.
Dog Tapeworm - Dipylidium caninum.
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2006-12-05 04:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0 0

Flatworms platyhelminthes
Roundworms nematodes
Segmented annelids

2006-12-04 19:52:51 · answer #4 · answered by narayan23333 2 · 0 0

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2016-04-06 08:39:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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