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free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts
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Planaria sp., or cross-eyed worm, is a common freshwater flatworm. It moves by beating cilia on the ventral dermis, allowing it to glide along on a film of mucus. Some move by undulations of the whole body by the contractions of muscles built into the body wall. Planaria are a member of the class Turbellaria and the phylum of flatworms, Platyhelminthes. They exibit an extraordinary ability to regenerate lost body parts. ...
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| planarian |
Describes free-living members of the invertebrate phylum platyhelminthes.
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| planarian |
A small, soft-bodied, free-living, flatworm that moves by cilia.
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