Platyhelminthes
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Alternative forms
- Plathelminthes (primarily used in non-English texts)
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + ἕλμινς (hélmins, “parasitic worm”).
Proper noun
Platyhelminthes
- The flatworms
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (phylum in Spiralia): Catenulidea, Rhabditophora - subphyla
- Neophora, Polycladidea - classes in Rhabditophora[1]
Descendants
- English: → platyhelminth, → flatworm (calque)
- → Russian: пло́ский че́рвь (plóskij čérvʹ)
See also
- Cestoda
- Planaria
- Trematoda
- Turbellaria
References
Platyhelminthes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Platyhelminthes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Platyhelminthes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Platyhelminthes at the Tree of Life Web Project
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