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The phylum name Platyhelminthes literally means flatworms.. Members of this phylum are soft, thin-bodied, leaf or ribbonlike worms, including the familiar planaria of ponds and streams, as well as the flukes and tapeworms parasitic in human and other animal bodies.
The phylum Platyhelminthes is a highly diversified and versatile phylum, a fact that is reflected in the structure of the nervous system (NS), both in its gross morphology and in the cellular types and their secretory inclusions.n addition to nerve cords, well-developed nerve nets or plexuses can be found in all flatworm taxa. These include subsurface, submuscular, pharyngeal and intestinal (=stomatogastric) and reproductive nerve plexuses. In some places, the plexuses are in continuity with both main and minor nerve cords.