Platyhelminthes

Noun

Meaning

flatworms

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

platyhelminth bryozoa entoprocta onychophora annelida rotifera brachiopoda plathelminth phylum Platyhelminthes

Hypernyms

phylum

Examples

Because they do not have internal body cavities, Platyhelminthes were regarded as a primitive stage in the evolution of bilaterians (animals with bilateral symmetry and hence with distinct front and rear ends). Source: Internet

Evol Dev 11(5):582-589 Suzuki TG, Ogino K, Tsuneki K, Furuya H (2010) Phylogenetic analysis of dicyemid mesozoans (phylum Dicyemida) from innexin amino acid sequences: dicyemids are not related to Platyhelminthes. Source: Internet

Relationships with other phyla English-language writings have conventionally treated nemertean as "primitive" acoelomate bilaterians that are most closely related to flatworms (Platyhelminthes). Source: Internet

Classification and evolutionary relationships seeAlso Relationships of Platyhelminthes to other Bilateria : Note: Bold indicates members of traditional "Platyhelminthes". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

platygastrid platygastroid platyhelminth platyhelminthic platyischnopid platykurtic