Planaria Worms
Intro: Dugesia tigrinia or Planarian worms are members of Phylum Platyhelminthes, Class Turbellaria. ... Some small planaria swim by use of cilia, while others may move by gliding, head raised, over a slime track secreted by marginal adhesive glands. The reason that planaria are used is because they have very good powers of regeneration. ... Many studies have been completed using Planarian worms. Most are the same thing that we did cutting the worm different ways and seeing how the worm regenerates back into a full planaria. ... We cut the Planarian down the center, which made two pieces that would regenerate into two new worms.