One group of structures possessed by organisms of this class are called solenocytes if flagellated and flame cells if ciliated.
One disease caused by a member of this phylum can be diagnosed using the Kato technique and had its disease cycle first elucidated by Piraja da Silva; that disease's acute form is also called Katayama's fever. One class possesses opisthaptors, while another class possesses proglottids. Microtriches are folds that line the tegument that cover the members of this phylum, whose members include one that causes (*) schistosomiasis. One group of structures possessed by organisms of this class are called solenocytes if flagellated and flame cells if ciliated. Those structures are called protonephridia, and unlike other organisms with bilateral symmetry, these organisms have no body cavity. For 10 points, name this phylum contrasted with annelids and nematodes, which consists of flukes, tapeworms, and other flatworms.
One disease caused by a member of this phylum can be diagnosed using the Kato technique and had its disease cycle first elucidated by Piraja da Silva; that disease's acute form is also called Katayama's fever.
Platyhelminthes (accept flatworms)