Turbellarians

Word TURBELLARIANS
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Some of these turbellarians are creatures of great beauty, as the two pictured opposite show. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

Organisms that live within the interstitial spaces of sea ice include microfauna such as protists, and larger organisms such as ciliates, nematodes, rotatorians, turbellarians, and copepods. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Probably, most animals before the Cambrian were soft-bodied like modern flatworms, probably rather small like modern turbellarians — just not good fossil material. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Probably, most animals before the Cambrian were soft-bodied like modern flatworms, probably also rather small like modern turbellarians – just not good fossil material. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

Other predators include crayfish, turbellarians, and nemertean worms. ❋ Unknown (2008)

All turbellarians possess an intestine without an anus and the mouth is used for both ingestion and egestion. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Freshwater turbellarians frequently use asexual reproduction in times of environmental stress and when mating partners are scarce. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Members of one family of turbellarians, Phagocata, simultaneously fragment their body into several pieces and develop a new worm from each piece! ❋ Unknown (2007)

The majority of sexual reproduction in turbellarians is hermaphroditic by way of copulation and fertilization is generally internal. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Scientists can train turbellarians to do simple tasks, such as finding water in a maze. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Smaller turbellarians have a simple unbranched gut while larger species have guts with lateral diverticula that greatly increase the surface area for absorbing nutrients. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Most turbellarians are carnivores but scavenging is not uncommon. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Small turbellarians use waves of ciliary action for locomotion to glide over surfaces, whereas larger species use muscular movements of their entire body to creep, swim, twist or somersault along the substrate. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This group is different from other turbellarians, with a ciliated, sac-like intestine, simple pharynx, and unpaired gonads.

Microstomum - These are small, elongated turbellarians, with an anterior mouth, and simple gut.

The class of flatworms featured here are turbellarians, which are primarily free-living.

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