Platyhelminthes
Translingual
Alternative forms
- Plathelminthes (primarily used in non-English texts)
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + ἕλμινς (hélmins, “parasitic worm”).
Proper noun
Platyhelminthes
- The flatworms
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (phylum in Spiralia): Catenulidea, Rhabditophora - subphyla
- Neophora, Polycladidea - classes in Rhabditophora[1]
Descendants
- English: → platyhelminth, → flatworm (calque)
- → Russian: пло́ский че́рвь (plóskij čérvʹ)
See also
- Cestoda
- Planaria
- Trematoda
- Turbellaria
References
- Platyhelminthes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Platyhelminthes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Platyhelminthes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Platyhelminthes at the Tree of Life Web Project