What are the advantages for turbellarians to have a flattened body shape
Why do flatworms need to be flat?
They have a flat body because they do not have a coelom or even a pseudocoelom. They also lack a respiratory system. Instead, their cells exchange gases by diffusion directly with the environment. They have an incomplete digestive system.
What are the advantages of a flatworms thin body?
Why is it so important that Platyhelminthes worms have a flattened body?
Why would the body of a planarian be Dorsoventrally flattened?
What is it about the flatworm body plan that makes it a good hunter?
What adaptations do flatworms have?
What animal has a flattened body?
How Platyhelminthes are adapted for parasitic life?
What are the advantages of flatworms?
Flatworms are hermaphrodites and have both male and female sexual reproductive organs. They reproduce sexually with other flatworms. After mating, both flatworms can lay fertilized eggs. If no other flatworms are present, they can also reproduce asexually by fertilizing their own eggs.
Why do flatworms need to be flat?
They have a flat body because they do not have a coelom or even a pseudocoelom. They also lack a respiratory system. Instead, their cells exchange gases by diffusion directly with the environment. They have an incomplete digestive system.
How do platyhelminthes maintain homeostasis?
How do platyhelminthes help the environment?
What are the advantages of stereo senses?
How do Platyhelminthes get rid of waste?
How do Platyhelminthes excrete waste?
What eats Platyhelminthes?
How do you get flat worms?
Which cells the flat worms have for excretion?
How do Platyhelminthes feed?
What are some interesting facts about phylum Platyhelminthes?
A flatworm has a single opening to its stomach, in the middle of its underside. The flatworms in vernal pools can stick this pharynx (throat/mouth) into their prey. Like a short vacuum cleaner hose, it sucks out the insides of their prey. They also use it to push waste out of their bodies.