Platyhelminthes

Translingual

Alternative forms

Plathelminthes (primarily used in non-English texts)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + ἕλμινς (hélmins, “parasitic worm”).

Proper noun

Platyhelminthes

The flatworms
1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]

Hypernyms

(phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum in Spiralia): Catenulidea, Rhabditophora - subphyla[1]

See also

References

Platyhelminthes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Platyhelminthes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Platyhelminthes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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

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