The flatworms: soft-bodied invertebrates with a flattened, unsegmented body, no body cavity, and a single opening that serves as both mouth and anus. Platyhelminthes includes free-living planarians as well as parasitic tapeworms and flukes that infect a very wide range of vertebrate hosts.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Classification
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Source Wikidata: Girardia tigrina
Source Wikidata: Persian Carpet Flatworm
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ124900, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Platyhelminthes
Wikidata Q124900, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Persian Carpet Flatworm
Parent Taxon Of: Persian Carpet Flatworm, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Girardia tigrina
Parent Taxon Of: Girardia tigrina, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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