Solid connective tissue that encases the organs of flat worms.
What are the three classes of platyhelminthes?
Trematoda
Cestoda
Turbellaria
Are the class trematoda free-living or parasitic?
Parasitic
Are the class cestoda free-living or parasitic?
Parasitic
Are the class turbellaria free-living or parasitic?
Free-living
What class are these animals in?
Turbellaria
How do planarians reproduce?
Monoecious, both ovaries and testes.
How do planaria cope with osmoregulation?
They use hundreds of protonephridia composed of a flagellated flame cell that waves to create a current and a tube cell that carries the excess water out through the nephridiopore.
A: Oral sucker/pharynx
B: Ventral sucker
C: Uterus
D: Ovaries
E: Testes
Draw the life cycle of the liver fluke (Clonorchis)