Funkadelic Flatworms
Description: Pink and black flatworm
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Characteristics:
1. eye spots
2. consumers
3. bilateral symmetry
4. clearly defined head
5. sensory lobes
Differences:
1. Planarians are predators
2. Flukes and tapeworms are predators
Facts:
1. Lack of an anus
2. Tapeworms can be 25 feet long
3. Parasitic flatworms have complicated life cycles
4. Marine flatworms are the largest
5. Planarians are the only non-parasitic flatworms
6. Flukes are hermaphroditic
7. Flatworms can perform self-fertilization
8. The stomach is like a sack, food goes into the sack through the mouth and leaves the mouth
9. Reproduce both sexually and asexually
10. Glide over surfaces to look for food
Thysanozoon Higropapilosam has a black velvety body, covered with short, yellow tipped popille white edge. It is about eight centimeters long, they are common along the internal reef.
