Varicose veins are large, raised, swollen blood vessels that twist and turn. They usually develop in the legs and can be seen through the skin. Spider veins are smaller, red, purple, and blue vessels that also twist and turn. Spider veins are easily visible through the skin, as well.
Common name: Flatworms. 1  Scientific name: many species. Phylum: Platyhelminthes. 2  Description: Although they are called Flatworms, these invertebrates are not flat. They are round-bodied with a flat belly. 3  Fun facts: A Flatworm has a single opening to its stomach, in the middle of its underside.
Platyhelminthes. are commonly called flatworms. There are both. parasitic. (dependent on a host organism for survival) and. free-living. forms of this group. Flatworms, either parasitic or free-living forms, have both sexes on the same individual, a condition referred to as. hermaphroditic. .ost Nematodes are free-living, but some are important parasites of plants and animals. As for the flatworms, nematode development includes all three embryonic tissue layers. Roundworms have a fluid-filled body cavity, that is lined on the outside by tissue derived from mesoderm.