NEMATODA

ABOUT NEMATODAS

• More than 15,000 known species of roundworms
• Nematodes were once classified with a very large and heterogeneous cluster of animals
• Kingdom - Animalia, Phylum - Nematodas
• Human beings, along with all other living things are host to numerous
• Nematode parasite

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CHARACTERISTICS OF NEMATODA

• Body covered in a complex cuticle
• Has no circulatory system (no blood system)
• Reproduction normally sexual
• Feed on just about everything
• Live just about everywhere

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REPRODUCTION

• Most species of roundworms are dioecious, meaning that there are separate sexes of worms
• Fertilization is initiated by males use a spine
• Which open the females reproductive tract and deposit their sperm in them
• Roundworms sperm do not have flagella

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FUN FACTS

• there are 90,000 known species of Nematodes
• Nematoda comes from the Greek word Nema meaning thread and Edios
• Among nematodes are the typcial garden earthworm
• The Nematodes infecting mankind include several species of filarial worms
• They are very small creatures; some are less than one millimeter in length

What is a good classification of Nematoda?

A.)flat worm
B.)parasites
C.)worms
D.) All the above

WORK CITIED

• http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/nematoda.html
• http://sharon-taxonomy2009-p2.wikispaces.com/Nematoda