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Kataria Gloriosa
''Kataria gloriosa'' is a flatworm in the family Stylochidae Stylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms. It includes the species '' Stylochus zebra'', which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab ''Pagurus pollicaris ''Pagurus pollicaris'' is a hermit crab commonly found along the Atlant .... It is the only species in the genus ''Kataria''. References Turbellaria {{flatworm-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flatworm
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 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 parasitic groups: Cestoda, Trematoda and Monogenea; however, since the turbellarians have since been prove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylochidae
Stylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms. It includes the species '' Stylochus zebra'', which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab ''Pagurus pollicaris ''Pagurus pollicaris'' is a hermit crab commonly found along the Atlantic coast of North America from New Brunswick to the Gulf of Mexico. It is known by a number of common names, including ''gray hermit crab'', ''flat-clawed hermit crab'', ''f ...'', though it can sometimes be found free living on rocks and pilings. The family contains the following 6 genera containing 36 accepted species: *'' Cryptostylochus'' **'' Cryptostylochus coseirensis'' **'' Cryptostylochus hullensis'' **'' Cryptostylochus koreensis'' *'' Distylochus'' **'' Distylochus isifer'' **'' Distylochus martae'' **'' Distylochus pusillus'' *'' Kataria'' **'' Kataria gloriosa'' *'' Leptostylochus'' **'' Leptostylochus capensis'' **'' Leptostylochus elongatus'' **'' Leptostylochus gracilis'' **'' Leptostylochus novacambrensis'' **'' Leptost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
