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Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information.
Platyhelminthes (from the Greek πλατύ, platy, meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), helminth-, meaning "worm") [4] is a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates commonly called flatworms or flat worms.
New Zealand flatworm: Arthurdendyus triangulatus 15 August 2019 North American bullfrog: Lithobates (Rana) catesbeianus 3 August 2016 Pallas’s squirrel: Callosciurus erythraeus 3 August 2016 Pumpkinseed: Lepomis gibbosus 15 August 2019 Raccoon: Procyon lotor 3 August 2016 Raccoon dog: Nyctereutes procyonoides 2 February 2019 Red swamp crayfish
Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...
Pseudocerotidae is a family of flatworms which includes the Bedford's flatworm. Pseudocerotidae are simple organisms categorized by their oval bodies and tentacles [7] and bright colors. They use the cilia to glide along surfaces. [8] Most commonly referred to as marine flatworms, closely related to the orders Macrostomorpha and Lecithoepitheliata.
Prostheceraeus vittatus, the candy striped flatworm, [2] is a species of marine polyclad flatworm in the family Euryleptidae. It is found in Western Europe, including on the western coasts of the British Isles .
Geoplanidae is a family of flatworms known commonly as land planarians or land flatworms. [ 2 ] These flatworms are mainly predators of other invertebrates, which they hunt, attack and capture using physical force and the adhesive and digestive properties of their mucus. [ 3 ]