Platyhelminthes

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Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + ἕλμινς (hélmins, “parasitic worm”).

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Platyhelminthes

  1. The flatworms
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
    2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
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