#flatworms

[antiqueanimals]

The developmental cycle of the Lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum)

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 1 - Lower Animals. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1974.

Internet Archive

#parasites #flatworms #flukes #lancet liver fluke #mammals #ungulates #caprids #sheep #cervids #deer #bugs #gastropods #snails #insects #ants

[crevicedwelling]

when predatory flatworms eat an isopod, they liquefy the soft tissues and leave behind an empty, articulated exoskeleton. dinner’s ghost

#bugs #flatworms

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Spiralia

Tricladida. This order of flatworms is made up of planarians, which are often used as a model organism

Polycladida. This order is made up of free-living marine flatworms, including the pseudoceros

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #flatworms #planarians #worms #spiralia #Tricladida #Polycladida #0xev0xf1 #Animal Tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

[hometoursandotherstuff]

#flatworms #hermaphrodites #other stuff

[gggermicide]

Meet Graceodon, a convergent specie of Gastrodon ! They may share a similar slimy body but they're not related. Graceodon lives exclusively under water and is a much faster swimmer. Graceodon is inspired by flatworms (see above) which are very similar to nudibranchs and often confused with !

#pokemon #pokémon #graceodon #gastrodon #fakemon #flatworm #flat worm #nudibranch #sea slug #tritosor #paldea #convergent specie #gggermicide #flatworms

[heartnosekid]

flatworm (platyhelminthes) | source

#stim #flatworms #sea creatures #animals #sfw #brown #white #black #platyhelminthes #ishy gifs #postish

[nightmaresyrup]

Thinking about Planaria

#planaria #planarian #work doodle #flatworms

[great-and-small]

This one’s for all the flatworms of the genus Pseudobiceros who got saddled with motherhood due to their inferior penis fencing skills

Some delightful reading for the uninitiated

#mother’s day #memes #flatworms #marine biology #Pseudobiceros #penis fencing #animals #biology #funny #zoology #nature #wildlife #animal behavior #marine flatworms

[leafkidsblog]

I love to generate heinous writhing vermin — @crevicedwelling (original post here)

[image ID] a portrait of a family of flatworms consisting of two adults with light brown bodies and dark brown stripes and characteristic shovel shaped heads, with a pile of shiny red eggs between them. above is a quote from Tumblr user crevicedwelling that reads "I love to generate heinous writhing vermin." [end image ID]

#crevicedwelling #crevicedwelling fan art #flatworms #artists on tumblr #hammerhead flatworms #sorry crevicedwelling I don't actually know if your pals are hammerheads! #I just really wanted to use this quote and have a love/hate relationship with hammerheads #also congrats on being a grandparent #mspaint #leaf's art #bugs

[rattyexplores]

Very strange flatworm.

24/09/23 - Geoplanidae sp.

QLD:WET - El Arish farmland, remnant

#invertblr #invertebrates #Geoplanidae #Land Planarians #Platyhelminthes #Flatworms #Tricladida #Planarians #unidentified

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Tapeworms can be found in the digestive system of many animals, but ironically they don’t have a mouth at all! They absorb nutrients through a thick cuticle that runs along the length of the body; because of this, tapeworms also lack a digestive system and a circulatory system.

(Image: A portrait of a pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) by Tereza Zgoda)

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#Cyclophyllidea #Taeniidae #tapeworms #flatworms #invertebrates #uncharismatic facts

[antiqueanimals]

The alternation of hosts in a fish tapeworm (Dibothriocephalus latus).

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 1 - Lower Animals. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1974.

Internet Archive

#parasites #flatworms #tapeworms #fish tapeworm #broad fish tapeworm #Milla

[tarantula-wizard]

Invertober Day 16: Fuchsia Flatworm (Pseudoceros ferrugineus)

#flatworms #invertober2023 #invertober #invertebrates #art #my art #flatworm #bugblr #bug art #invertblr #bugs

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Spiralia

Polycladida. This order is made up of free-living marine flatworms, including the pseudoceros

Eucestoda. This subclass of flatworms is made up of tapeworms, internal parasites of vertebrates that live in the digestive tract

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #flatworms #worms #spiralia #human parasite #tapeworms #Polycladida #Eucestoda #0xev0x71

[organicmatter]

predatory flatworm i found outside

#mine #flatworms #planarian

[gabnaturalist]

I love how Maomao is able to pursue her interest in medicine/botany/poisons to help people and everyone is like yeah that's just how Maomao is. In fact her adoptive father fueled that interest. It reminds me of my parents view towards my special interests in invertebrates/fossils/wildlife when I was a kid to pre-college. One of my favorite memories from when I was in elementary school was when my dad tried to console me after what I thought was a leech at the time had escaped the bucket of water I had put it into.

Now for context this "leech" was actually some sort of flat worm I had found under a rock, my little kid brain thought it was a leech that needed to be put in water to save its life. So when it had escaped the water bucket I thought it was going to die and there was no way I could save it after that since I couldn't find it. This left little me crying. The second my dad opened the back door to greet me after getting home from work I ran to him crying that my "blood sucking leech pet" had disappeared and died. I bet he was super confused, but he put aside his opinions on leeches and comforted me without judgement.

#the apothecary diaries #entomologist #botanist #maomao #autsim #all dads should be like this #all parents should be like this #maomao's dad #leech #flatworms