PLATYHELMINTHES
(flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CESTODA
tapeworms
Class 4 ident. refs
NEODERMATA
a subphylum of flatworms
Subphylum 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
RHABDITOPHORA
a class of flatworms
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 		Class 19 subtaxa 107 images 31 ident. refs
TREMATODA
trematode flukes
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 		Class 2 subtaxa 6 images 4 ident. refs
TURBELLARIA
flatworms
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 		Class 4 subtaxa 5 images 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumPLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
SuperphylumPROTOSTOMIA (protostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 296 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
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