1. Flat worms!!

2. Platyhelminthes Flat Worm

3. The Facts … Body symmetry- Bilateral Reproduction- Sexual and Asexual (or regeneration) Movement- Muscular or cilliary movement Food- scavengers or parasites

4. Tapeworms ! (ewwww) Tape worms are parasitic. Host- an organism which the parasite lives in. Parasite- absorb food from the host’s digestive system Examples of creatures in Phylum Platyhelminthes…

5. Planaria (Dugesia dorotocephala) Eye spots (sense light only) Planarians are famous for being able to regenerate lost body parts.

6. This part is called the _Scolex_. It latches onto the intestine of the host animal. How do tape worms get so long? The Scolex of the tapeworm attaches to the intestine of the host. The tapeworm thrives off the nutrients of the host. The scolex produces a chain of segments that can stretch on and on and on and on….

7. How do tape worms get so long? The Scolex of the tapeworm attaches to the intestine of the host. The tapeworm thrives off the nutrients of the host. The scolex produces a chain of segments that can stretch on and on and on and on…. What is the longest tape worm ever found to date? In 1991, doctors pulled a totall of 37 feet of tapeworm out of Sally Mae Wallace's body through her mouth

8. What do Planarian and Frankenstein have in common???? Regeneration ! Regeneration is…. The ability of an organism to regrow lost or dead parts.