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Exploring Turbellarians: Free-Living Flatworms in Invertebrate Evolution

Discover the fascinating world of Turbellarians, free-living flatworms that inhabit seas and freshwater environments. Learn how Planaria reproduce asexually through transverse fission and the unique features of their pharynx-muscular tube and protonephridia. Join us for an insight into these intriguing creatures!

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Exploring Turbellarians: Free-Living Flatworms in Invertebrate Evolution

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  1. Lecture 5Animal Evolution – The Invertebrates

  2. a. Turbellarians…Free-Living Flatworm • Most live in seas • Few live in freshwater. • E.g. Planaria • Planaria reproduce asexually by transverse fission??? • Transverse fission – body splits in two and each piece re-grows the missing parts. • Have pharynx-muscular tube which sucks food and expels wastes. • water is regulated by protonephiridia.

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