Flatworms: British Marine Life Study Society - http://www.glaucus.org.uk/planaria.htm
One page about a planarian and one page about the life cycle of the digenean Cryptocotyle lingua, with a few photographs. |
Fredrick the Flatworm - http://flatwormf.tripod.com/
Information and images of different types of Platyhelminthes (flatworms). [Javascript required] |
Introduction to the Platyhelminthes - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/platyhelminthes/platyhelminthes.html
Introduction to the Platyhelminthes, the flatworms: life in two dimensions. One page of text with a few photographs. |
Meiofauna - Matthew Hooge - http://hooge.developmentalbiology.com/
A personal page with many beautiful photographs of free-living Platyhelminthes, including actin labelling. |
Metagonimiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Metagonimiasis.htm
Information on the minute intestinal fluke, Metagonimus yokogawai, which can parasitize the human gut, and a diagram and information on its life cycle. |
Phylum Platyhelminthes - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/platyhelminthes.html
An introduction to the phylum with more pages about the Turbellaria, Monogenea, Digenea and Cestoda, from Animal Diversity Web. |
Platyhelminthes and Acoelomorpha: Phyla of Controversy - http://devbio.umesci.maine.edu/styler/globalworming/platyhelm.htm
Illustrated article by Seth Tyler discussing the difficulty in correctly classifying the flatworms and the acoelomates. |
Platyhelminthes: Flatworms, Tapeworms, Flukes - http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Platyhelminthes
Much information on the flatworms and the characteristics that distinguish them from other worm-like creatures, with photographs and diagrams. |
Schistosomiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Schistosomiasis.htm
Information on the digenetic blood trematodes of the genus Schistosoma which can infect humans, and a diagram and information on their complex life cycle. |