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Acanthobothrium Franus
Onchobothriidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Onchoproteocephalidea. Genera Genera: * '' Acanthobothrium'' Blanchard, 1848 * '' Acanthobothroides'' Brooks, 1977 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4993216 Platyhelminthes ...
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Flatworms
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates. Unlike other bilaterians, they are acoelomates (having no body cavity), and have no specialized circulatory and respiratory organs, which restricts them to having flattened shapes that allow oxygen and nutrients to pass through their bodies by diffusion. The digestive cavity has only one opening for both ingestion (intake of nutrients) and egestion (removal of undigested wastes); as a result, the food cannot be processed continuously. In traditional medicinal texts, Platyhelminthes are divided into Turbellaria, which are mostly non-parasitic animals such as planarians, and three entirely parasitic groups: Cestoda, Trematoda and Monogenea; however, since the turbellarians have since been proven not to be mono ...
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Onchoproteocephalidea
Onchoproteocephalidea is an order of flatworms belonging to the class Cestoda. Families: * Onchobothriidae * Prosobothriidae * Proteocephalidae Proteocephalidae is a diverse family tapeworms with nearly 300 recognized species in 66 genera and 13 subfamilies, whose species are found in every continent. They are mainly parasites of siluriforms and other freshwater fishes, but also parasit ... References Cestoda {{Cestoda-stub ...
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Acanthobothrium
Onchobothriidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Onchoproteocephalidea Onchoproteocephalidea is an order of flatworms belonging to the class Cestoda. Families: * Onchobothriidae * Prosobothriidae * Proteocephalidae Proteocephalidae is a diverse family tapeworms with nearly 300 recognized species in 66 genera .... Genera Genera: * '' Acanthobothrium'' Blanchard, 1848 * '' Acanthobothroides'' Brooks, 1977 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4993216 Platyhelminthes ...
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