Platyhelminthes vs phylum

Platyhelminthes and phylum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Platyhelminthes	Yes	No	No	No
phylum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, phylum is a hypernym of Platyhelminthes; that is, phylum is a word with a broader meaning than Platyhelminthes:

Platyhelminthes: flatworms
phylum: (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

Platyhelminthes (noun)	phylum (noun)
flatworms	(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
	(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related