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Flatworm meaning
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
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Occasionally, a parasitic flatworm ( Ribeiroia ondatrae ) digs into the rear of a tadpole, causing a rearrangement of the limb bud cells and the frog develops an extra leg or two. citation Northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) moulting and eating its skin.
P. 20. citation Degree of specialization The land flatworm Platydemus manokwari is a predator mainly specialized in land snails further An opportunistic alligator swims with a deer Among predators there is a large degree of specialization.
The flatworm's dorso-ventrally flattened body shape also restricts the distance of any cell from the digestive system or the exterior of the organism.