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What is a Platyhelminthes worm?

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Members of the phylum Platyhelminthes , or the flatworms, are the most primitive; they are generally small and flat-bodied and include the free-living planarians (of the class Turbellaria) as well as the parasitic flukes (class Trematoda) and tapeworms (class Cestoda).

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