What is a flatworm's taxonomy?

Taxonomy. The Breakdown of "Bifurcus". Bi translates to "two" while furca means fork, relaying to the two dark lines that are on either side of the median strip on the organism. read more

The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, Plathelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, platy, meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), helminth-, meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates. read more

They are placed in the phylum Platyhelminthes along with organisms like Taenia solium because of their soft bodies. They share this phylum with about 25,000 other species of worms, including tapeworms. read more

There are about 3,000 Turbellarians species known to man, such as this tiger flatworm (pictured to the right), and as far as scientists are concerned, the other three classes of Platyhelminthes derived from the Turbellarians. read more