PLATYHELMINTHES
(flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)

PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
CESTODA
tapeworms
Class 36 subtaxa 137 trophisms 6 references
NEODERMATA
a subphylum of flatworms
Subphylum 7 subtaxa 16 trophisms 1 references
RHABDITOPHORA
a class of flatworms
Class 10 subtaxa 2 trophisms 18 references
TREMATODA
trematode flukes
Class 39 subtaxa 140 trophisms 5 references
TURBELLARIA
flatworms
Class 8 subtaxa 1 trophisms 10 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumPLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
SuperphylumPROTOSTOMIA (protostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Conway, D.V.P. 2012 Marine zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 1: Radiolaria, Heliozoa, Foraminifera, Ciliophora, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Rotifera and Mollusca Occasional Publications, No. 25, 138pp, Marine Biological Association
Gregory, J. British Marine Life Pictures www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html

  • Freshwater

    • Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

  • Marine

    • Fish, J.D. & Fish, S. 2011 A Student's Guide to the Seashore 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press
    () Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
    () Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press
    Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/

    PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes):

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