Platyhelminthes

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Platyhelminthes

[plat″ĭ-hel-min´thēz]

the flatworms, a phylum of acoelomate, dorsoventrally flattened, bilaterally symmetrical animals; it includes the classes cestoidea (tapeworms) and trematoda (flukes).

Plat·y·hel·min·thes

(plat'i-hel-min'thēz),

A phylum of flatworms that are bilaterally symmetric, flattened, and acelomate. There is no digestive tract in some platyhelminths (Cestoda), or the gut may be incomplete (without an anus), as in the Trematoda; most of the forms are hermaphroditic. There are three major classes, but the parasitic species of medical and veterinary importance are in the subclass Cestoda (the true tapeworms) of the class Cestoidea, and in the subclass Digenea (the digenetic flukes) of the class Trematoda.

Platyhelminthes

/Platy·hel·min·thes/ (-hel-min´thēz) a phylum of acoelomate, dorsoventrally flattened, bilaterally symmetrical animals, commonly known as flatworms; it includes the classes Cestoidea (tapeworms) and Trematoda (flukes).

Platyhelminthes

[plat′ihelmin′thēz]

Etymology: Gk, platys, broad, helmins, worm

a phylum of flatworms that includes parasitic tapeworms (class Cestoda) and flukes (classes Monogenea and Trematoda) as well as mostly free-living species, such as planarians (class Turbellaria).

Plat·y·hel·min·thes

(plat'i-hel-min'thēz)

A phylum of flatworms that are bilaterally symmetric, flattened, and acelomate. Parasitic species of medical importance are in the subclass Cestoda (the true tapeworms) of the class Cestoidea, and in the subclass Digenea (the digenetic flukes) of the class Trematoda.

Plat·y·hel·min·thes

(plat'i-hel-min'thēz)

A phylum of flatworms that are bilaterally symmetric, flattened, and acelomate.

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Platyhelminthes are the flatworms and have no body cavity other than the gastrointestinal tract, which lacks an anus.

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Results indicated that response by the Platyhelminthes was diminished by 30% when samples were wrapped in 1 mm lead wrap and totally eliminated by a 4 mm lead wrap.

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Human parasites are classified in five major subdivisions: 1) Protozoa (ameba, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans, and coccidia); 2) Platyhelminthes or flatworms (cestodes and trematodes); 3) Acanthocephala or thorny-headed worms; 4) Nematoda or round worms; and 5) Arthropoda (insects, spiders, mites, and ticks).

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Protein 4 hit priapulid sequences, Protein 5 hit Strongylocentrotus purpuratus sequences, Protein 8 hit octopus (molluscan) and platyhelminthes sequences, Protein 10 hit aphid and wasp sequences, and Protein 11 hit Aplysia californica sequences.

A preliminary molecular and phylogenetic analysis of the genome of a novel endogenous retrovirus in the sea slug Elysia chlorotica

The Acoelomorpha, however, has been removed from the Platyhelminthes into its own phylum (Baguna and Riutort, 2004; Tyler et al.

Microturbellarians (Platyhelminthes and Acoelomorpha) in Brazil: invisible organisms?/Microturbelarios (Platyhelminthes e Acoelomorpha) no Brasil: organismos invisiveis?

Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea Carus, 1863: Distribution extension in Argentina and new Anura and Ophidia hosts.

Comunidad de helmintos parasitos del sapo espinoso rhinella spinulosa (Wiegmann, 1834) (Anura: Bufonidae) de Peru

Uniciliated, non-ciliated and various other types of presumed sensory receptors have been described on the body surface and haptor of monogeneans and other Platyhelminthes [19,23,33,34].

Surface topography of the anterior adhesive apparatus of the gill monogenean parasite Diplectanum sp. diesing, 1858, with some surface criteria

Punica granatum commonly known as (Anar) the roots and bark of the stem of this plant has been used as astringent (antidiarrheal) and anthelmintic plant and experimentally proved that the alcoholic extract of the stem bark of this plant inhibit the hatching of Haemonchus contortus eggs to filiform larvae, the aqueous, alcoholic and ether extract from seeds of the plant Cucurbita maxima has proved its vermifugal activity experimentally against Platyhelminthes (trematode and cestodes) and NEMA helminths (nematodes) both In Vitro as well as In Vivo trials.

Medicinal plants as an alternative to combat gastrointestinal parasitism

Reise K: Experimental sediment disturbances on a tidal flat: Responses of free-living Platyhelminthes and small Polychaeta.