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Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes
Translingual
Proper noun
Platyhelminthes
- The flatworms
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (phylum in Spiralia): Catenulidea, Rhabditophora - subphyla
See also
- Cestoda
- Planaria (planarian)
- Trematoda
- Turbellaria
References
- ↑ 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521