Activity 19:

Phylum Nematoda
Pre-lab Discussion
 NEMATODES
Unsegmented roundworms
Most successful among worms
 HABITATS
Live in all kinds of habitats
 Seawater
 Fresh water
 terrestrial
 MODES OF LIVING
FREE LIVING (Turbatrix aceti - vinegar
eel) - these free-living roundworms exist
by feeding on bacteria and fungi found in
the sediments of nonpasteurized vinegar

Vinegar eels in vinegar

PARASTITIC
 MODE OF NUTRITION
some can subsist in organic detritus
others are scavengers
 BASIC BODY PLAN
Body is covered by
nonliving cuticle
Lack cilia or flagella
(+) pseucocoelom –
lacks peritoneal lining
(+) COMPLETE
digestive tract
Mostly dioecious
Males usually smaller
than females
PARASITIC SPECIES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO MAN
Ascaris
PARASITIC SPECIES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO MAN
Cutting plates
Hookworms

mouth

bursa
PARASITIC SPECIES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO MAN
Pinworms

A. vermicularis in sigmoid colon

Head with
cephalic alae
PARASITIC SPECIES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO MAN
Trichina worms

Trichuris trichiuria
Trichinella spiralis
Encysted larva
 CLASSIFICATION
Class Aphasmida – without PHASMIDS
 Trichuris (whipworm)
 Trichinella (trichina worm)
Class Phasmida – with PHASMIDS and
AMPHIDS

Ascaris (intestinal roundworm)
 Enterobius (pinworm/seatworm)
 Ancylostome (hookworm)
 STUDY THE FOLLOWING
SPECIMEN:
Preserved Ascaris
Ancylostoma
Enterobius
Trichiuris
Trichinella