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Platyhelminthes

Flatworms, tapeworms, flukes

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Classification from Brusca and Brusca (1990)
Containing group: Bilateria

Other Names for Platyhelminthes

References

Brusca, R.C., and G.J. Brusca. 1990. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts.

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Stylochus. Photograph from Gray Museum Slide Collection, copyright © 1995, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.

Copyright © 1995 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
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