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 16 subtaxa 3 trophisms 33 references
TREMATODA
trematode flukes
Class 39 subtaxa 140 trophisms 5 references
TURBELLARIA
flatworms
Class 3 subtaxa 4 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

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() 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 Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Journals

Journal of Helminthology

Lab Techniques

Costello, D. & Henley, C. 1971 Methods for obtaining and handling marine eggs and embryos Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.)

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 118 images of PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
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