platyhelminthes (flatworms)
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Platyhelminthes (Flatworms). by Laura Oakes and Diana Polovick. What does my flatworm look like?. simple body structure small thin leaf-like shape all colors big long and short. What is a flatworms habitat?. flukes living inside humans and animals free-living live under rocks - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Platyhelminthes(Flatworms)
by Laura Oakes andDiana Polovick
What does my flatworm look like?
• simple body structure
• small• thin • leaf-like shape• all colors• big • long and short
What is a flatworms habitat?
• flukes living inside humans and animals
• free-living live under rocks• live on coral• live in shells• live on plants
How flatworms eat and how they kill it!• eat shrimp• small worms• snails • young insects• wraps around it’s predator
How does flatworms protect themselves?
• going into humans • going into animals
Interesting flatworm facts
• eats and give waste out of same hole
• their mouths can be on head or butt
• flatworms classified into 4 groups • turbellaria, monogenea ,trematoda and cestoda!
• 20,000 species of flatworms
Any Questions?