ZOO 115 Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda
Phylum Nematoda Common name: round worms >20,000 species. Mostly widespread and abundant of all metazoans 90,000 worms in a decomposing apple. Marine and freshwater benthos, soil, parasites on plants and animals hooge.developmentalbiology.com/meiofauna/media
Phylum Nematoda - Anatomy /creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode Nerve cords Ovaries Excretory canal Digestive tract Most freeliving <2.5 mm in length. Some parasites > 50 cm in length. Body is cylindrical with a pseudocoel Complex cuticle Must molt (Ecdysis) Anterior end is radially symmetrical but the rest of the body has bilateral symmetry
Phylum Nematoda - Head Region Nervous system www.unice.fr/LEML/coursJDV/images/biologie/ Sensilla /creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode Sensilla Chemosensory Males also have them near the anus Brain Ring-like brain /creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode www.unice.fr/LEML/coursJDV/images/biologie/ Dorsal, ventral and lateral nerve cords
Phylum Nematoda - Head Region /creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode 3 to 6 lips 3-6 lips at the mouth Muscular pharynx Pharynx /creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode Buccal Cavity varies depending on prey Bacteria - no teeth or stylet Plant root - stylet Carnivore - small teeth and sometimes stylet Intestine - large hook-like teeth Stylet - like a Hypodermic needle Buccal Cavity
Phylum Nematoda - Digestive tract Hindgut - Rectum Rectum Anus Foregut (buccal cavity and pharynx shown earlier) /creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode /creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode /creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode Midgut -Intestine Intestine Cuticle
Phylum Nematoda – Excretion Nerve cords Ovaries Excretory canal Digestive tract www.ustboniface.mb.ca/cusb/abernier/Animaux/Pseudocoelom Longitudinal Muscles Excretory glands and canals thought to be involved in: Osmoregulation Ionic regulation Excretion of waste metabolites Ammonia secreted through body wall
Phylum Nematoda – Musculature Nerve cords Ovaries Excretory canal Digestive tract www.ustboniface.mb.ca/cusb/abernier/Animaux/Pseudocoelom Longitudinal Muscles Longitudinal muscles only!
Phylum Nematoda - Reproduction creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode/ Separate sexes - usually Males have hook-like posterior Testis Male Rectum - Cloaca Reproduction Digestive waste Spicule for sperm transfer Retractable Spicule www.apsnet.org/education/LessonsPlantPath/PineWilt/images/ Testis Rectum - Cloaca
Phylum Nematoda - Reproduction creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode/ creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode/ Females Ovaries Eggs Vulva Seminal Receptacle Ovary Seminal recepticle Vulva Eggs
Phylum Nematoda - Parasites: Roundworm Life Cycles Racoon parasite Baylisacaris procyonis www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/images Plant parasite Human Parasite Ascaris lumbricoides
Phylum Nematoda - Parasites: Hookworm www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/lifecycles
Phylum Nematoda - Parasites: Trichinella
Phylum Nematoda - Parasites: Filariasis www.cvm.okstate.edu/~users/jcfox/htdocs/DISK1/IMAGES/