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

1. The flatworms
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.

Hypernyms

• (phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum

Hyponyms

• (phylum in Spiralia): Catenulidea, Rhabditophora - subphyla
  • Neophora, Polycladidea - classes in Rhabditophora

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