http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/phototaxis Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:11:48 -0400 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:11:48 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/866/a-study-of-planarian-phototaxis-tactile-response-and-regeneration By Sahil Aggarwal - The Dugesia flatworm (also known as a planarian), along with all worms in the Platyhelminthes phylum, is an acoelmate with no blood vascular system, making the worm an anatomically simple organism that relies on diffusion for all its transport needs. The most notable anatomical features of the planarian are a ciliated epidermis, a centralized brain with nerve chords extending throughout the rest of the body, various muscle fibers responsible for movement, and a ventrally-located mouth with a protrusible pharynx that brings algae, bacteria, and protozoans into a digestive syncytium (Rupert et al... Fri, 14 Mar 2014 04:15 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/866/a-study-of-planarian-phototaxis-tactile-response-and-regeneration