Planarians (Turbellaridae) are aquatic swimming or crawling flatworms. They live in marine environment and in fresh water. Platyhelmintes or flatworms are either parasitic (tapeworm, liver fluke) or aquatic (planar) animals. Their body is elongated, thin and without appendage. Their digestive tract has only one ventral opening, the mouth.
Pseudoceros maximus-type ALeopard flatworm
Leptoplana mediterraneaMediterranean gelatinous flatworm
Leptoplana tremellarisGelatinous flatworm
Thysanozoon brocchiiHairy flatworm
Yungia aurantiacaOrange flatworm
Prostheceraeus giesbrechtiiGiesbrecht's flatworm
Prostheceraeus moseleyiMoseley's flatworm
Prostheceraeus roseusPink flatworm
Prostheceraeus vittatusCandy striped flatworm
ProstheceraeusWhite Mediterranean flatworm
Symsagittifera roscoffensisRoscoff green flat-worm
Pseudobiceros splendidusBlack flatworm
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