#flatworm__platyhelminth parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
supertype: #worm any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
part: #flame_cell
member of: #phylum_Platyhelminthes
subtype: #planarian__planaria free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts
subtype: #trematode__trematode_worm__trematodeworm parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
subtype: #liver_fluke__liverfluke__Fasciola_hepatica flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans
subtype: #Fasciolopsis_buski fluke that is parasitic on humans and swine; common in eastern Asia
subtype: #schistosome__blood_fluke__bloodfluke flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
subtype: #tapeworm__cestode ribbon-like flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
subtype: #echinococcus tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
subtype: #taenia tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
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