platyhelminthes is Latin for flatworms. Some type of platyhelminthes are flatworms, tapeworms and flukes. Flatworms display bilateal symmetry, meaning the left and right halves are mirror images of one another.
Maritigrella crozierae (The Tiger Flatworm) The intestine of the tiger flatworm is lined by phagocytic cells which capture the food particles that have been partially digested by enzymes in the gut and complete the digestion process. The nutrients then diffuse through the body of the tiger flatworm.
seudoceros bicolor (The two-colored flatworm) Like all other flatworms, the two colored flatwrom eats and excretes in the same opening.
Schistosoma haematobium, (the intestinal blood fluke) like all other flatworms eat and excrete in the same opening. They take in particles