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We previously showed that lectin strongly agglutinating human type A erythrocytes were present in the body surface mucus, playing an important role in host defense. However, it is unknown whether cellular and humoral defense factors are present in the protocoel of planaria. In this study, the presence of blood cells was first investigated by observing cells which flowed out of a cut surface of planaria...