PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES

To prepare: Read Exercise 9 in the lab manual and determine the proper classification scheme for this phylum.


In lab: Examine the display specimens and look for distinguishing characteristics. You should be able to identify many of the structures on pages 137, 139, 140-1, 144, & 146 of your lab manual.



Exercise 3:

Slide Box Demo Box

Planaria (Dugesia) Schistosoma mansoni

Bdelloura candida Diphyllobothrium latum

Opisthorchis sinensis

Fasciola hepatica

Dipylidium caninum

Taenia pisiformis

Rediae/Cercariae

Please Note Several Display Specimens:

Planaria

Taenia