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Platyhelminthes (Flatworms). by Laura Oakes and Diana Polovick. What does my flatworm look like?. simple body structure small thin leaf-like shape all colors big long and short. What is a flatworms habitat?. flukes living inside humans and animals free-living live under rocks
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Platyhelminthes(Flatworms) by Laura Oakes and Diana Polovick
What does my flatworm look like? • simple body structure • small • thin • leaf-like shape • all colors • big • long and short
What is a flatworms habitat? • flukes living inside humans and animals • free-living live under rocks • live on coral • live in shells • live on plants
How flatworms eat and how they kill it! • eat shrimp • small worms • snails • young insects • wraps around it’s predator
How does flatworms protect themselves? • going into humans • going into animals
Interesting flatworm facts • eats and give waste out of same hole • their mouths can be on head or butt • flatworms classified into 4 groups • turbellaria,monogenea ,trematoda and cestoda! • 20,000 species of flatworms