Phylum - Platyhelminthes

Common name: Flatworms

Name derivation: "flat of worms"

Subphylum: Catenulida

Subphylum: Rhabditophora

  • Superclass: Neodermata
    • Class: Cestoda
    • Class: Monogenea
    • Class: Trematoda
  • Class: Turbellaria

Order Count: 44

Family Count: 447

Genus Count: 4,247

Species Count: 26,273

Earliest Fossil Record: Early Permian 298 - 272 mya

Habitat: Marine, Freshwater, Terrestrial, Parasitic, Brackish

Size Range: 0.2 mm to 20 m

Notes: Based on Catalogue of Life as of March 2025

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