Are Planarians Monoecious or Dioecious?

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There Are Monoecious Hermaphrodite Flatworms Flatworms Adults Range Between 0.2 Mm (0.0079 In) and 6 Mm (0.24 In) in Length. Individual Adult Digeneans Are of...

Are Planarians Monoecious or Dioecious?

There are monoecious hermaphrodite flatworms

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Adults range between 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) and 6 mm (0.24 in) in length. Individual adult digeneans are of a single sex, and in some species slender females live in enclosed grooves that run along the bodies of the males, partially emerging to lay eggs.
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, such as planaria and taenias, as well as dioecious (having male and female specimens) species, such as schistosomes.

Are Planaria monoecious?

Although reproduction in planarians can occur asexually through fission, all forms are monoecious with both male and female reproductive organs.

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Are flatworms dioecious or monoecious?

Most flatworms can reproduce sexually or asexually. Most are monoecious. Most of these have developed ways of avoiding self-fertilization. Development may be direct (eggs hatch into tiny worms that resemble the adults) or indirect (with a ciliated larval form).

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