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 Major Groups | Platyhelminthes (flat worms)

Note: Key from Williams 1980

 
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1. Flattened forms, moderately elongate; tentacles absent; small to large
 More ››› Tricladida (triclads)  

 

 
 

flattened, elongate
dorsal view

 

tentacles absent
ventral view

-Flattened forms, stumpy, oval; 2 -6 tentacles at anterior end; suction disc at posterior end; small to microscopic
 More ››› Temnocephalida (temnocephalids)  

 

 
Temnocephalida 

flattened, oval
tentacles at anterior end
dorsal view

Temnocephalida 

suction disc
ventral view