PLATYHELMINTHES

Special excretory cells || Gut often branches out to bring food throughout body || Cuticle on outside of body || Most are hermaphrodites ||
 * =**Phylum**= || Rachel VanAllen ||
 * **1 Examples** || Flatworms, planarians ||
 * **2 Habitats** || Marine or moist environments, host bodies ||
 * **3 Mode of feeding, digestive, excretory** || Acoelomates-- no body cavity-- have to diffuse nutrients in
 * **4 Internal Transport****(circulation & respiration)** || No circulatory system, oxygen diffuses in
 * **5 Symmetry & Support,**===Locomotion, body covering=== || Cilia, muscle cells
 * **6 Fertilization &Reproduction****(sexual/ asexual)** || Asexual reproduction through fission
 * **7 Body Forms (life stage forms)** || Larvae develop into worms, often inside host body ||
 * **8 Defense / senses/ response to environment** || Eyespots to sense light ||
 * **9 Nervous system** || Two ganglia, or nerve bundles, with two nerve cords ||
 * **10 Importance (how it fits into****the world)** || Lots are parasites ||
 * **Misc.** || Some are human parasites ||