Notes on Phylum Platyhelminthes | Zoology
The term Platyhelminthes "flatworms" was first proposed by Gaugenbaur (1859) and applied to the animals now included under that heading. The name Platyhelminthes has been derived from the Greek platys = flat + helmins = worms. At first, nemertines and others were also included but later were removed to other groups. The phylum is now restricted to three classes, Turbellaria, [...]