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Gieysztoria Knipovici
''Gieysztoria'' is a genus of Platyhelminthes belonging to the family Dalyelliidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and mainly inhabits freshwaters. Species Source: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. Accessed=2024-06-15 *''Gieysztoria acariaia'' Marcus, 1946 *''Gieysztoria ashokae'' Van Steenkiste, Van Mulken & Artois, 2012 *''Gieysztoria atalaya'' Brusa, Damborenea & Norena, 2008 *''Gieysztoria bellis'' Marcus, 1946 *''Gieysztoria beltrani'' (Gieysztor, 1931) *''Gieysztoria bergi'' (Beklemischev, 1927) *''Gieysztoria billabongensis'' Jondelius, 1997 *''Gieysztoria bimaculata'' Wang, Lu & Wu, 2013 *''Gieysztoria chiqchi'' Damborenea, Brusa & Norena, 2005 *''Gieysztoria chlynovica'' (Nasonov, 1919) *''Gieysztoria choctaw'' Van Steenkiste, Gobert & Artoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platyhelminthes
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek language, Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a Phylum (biology), phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, Segmentation (biology), unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates. Unlike other bilaterians, they are acoelomates (having no coelom, body cavity), and have no specialized circulatory system, circulatory and respiratory system, respiratory organ (anatomy), 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 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
