Zool11 (Fundamentals of Zoology)

Exercise No. 4 Lower Invertebrate Metazoans

(Phyla Platyhelminthes and Nematoda)
WORKSHEET

Instruction: Answer all activities and guide questions in this worksheet. Submit your
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Activity 1: Fill in the table below using any reputable references (12 points)
Scientific name Class Habit (free- living/parasitic)
Paragonimus westermani Trematoda parasitic
Girardia dorotocephala Turbellaria free-living
Clonorchis sinensis Trematoda parasitic

Activity 2: Enumerate at least three importance of nematodes in the environment. (3 points)

1. increased nutrient availability
2. feed on plant debris (dead roots, leaves, grasses, manure) and soil.
3. accelerate the process of decomposition of organic matter and minerals

Guide questions
1. Compare a flatworm and a roundworm in terms of morphology. (3 points) Answer:

Flat worms have flattened body while roundworms consist of a cylindrical body tapered
to a fine point at each end. They are both triploblastic animals with bilateral symmetry and
protostomes which exhibits spiral, determinate cleavage.

2. Differentiate a free-living from a parasitic habit. (2 points) Answer:

Free-living species inhabit marine and freshwater environments, as well as the soils and
sediments of all of the various types of land biomes. While Parasitic roundworms live off
of their host and can cause disease in the various types of plants and animals they
infect.
 3. Write whether the listed scientific name below belong to Class Enoplea or Class
Chromodorea. (10 points)

1. Caenorhabditis elegans Class Enoplea

2. Wuchereria bancrofti Class Chromodorea
3. Trichuris trichiura Class Chromodorea
4. Trichinella spiralis Class Enoplea
5. Ascaris lumbricoides Class Chromodorea
6. Placentonema gigantism Class Chromodorea
7. Necator americanus Class Enoplea
8. Capillaria philippinensis Class Enoplea
9. Dioctophyme renale Class Chromodorea
10. Strongyloides stercoralis Class Chromodorea