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| What are four examples of flatworms? |
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1. Polyclads
2. Planarians
3. Tapeworms
4. Flukes |
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| What type of symmetry do flatworms have? |
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| Flatworms have a simple brain. What is it composed of? |
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| There's a concentration of ganglia in the head. |
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| Do flatworms have a coelom? |
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Definition
| No. They are acoelomates. |
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| How many body openings do flatworms have? |
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| Some are carnivores and scavengers (polycads and planarians). Others are parasitic and absorb nutrients from its host (tapeworms and flukes). |
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| How do flatworms reproduce? |
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Sexually: They are hermaphrodites so they exchange sperm with one another. (internal fertilization)
Asexually: Fission |
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