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Sculptures by Phyllis Bone

PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES


The 25000 species of flatworms consist of four classes of flat, bilaterally symmetrical, acoelomate worms: the mainly free-living turbellaria and the parasitic monogeneans, digeneans and the tapeworms. Most flat worms are hermaphrodite.


TURBELLARIA MONOGENEA DIGENEA CESTODA