PHYLUM NEMATO
DATHE ROUNDWORMS
CHARACTERISTICS
• TUBULAR SHAPE WITH POINTED ENDS
• BILATERAL SYMMETRY
• UNSEGMENTED BODY
• MOVE IN A WHIP-LIKE MOTION
• ROUNDWORMS CAN BE FREE-LIVING IN MOIST SOILS OR PARASITES
• 1 WAY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM (2 OPENINGS)
MOUTH
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
INTESTINE
ANUS
MOUTH INTESTINES ANUS
LIVE IN HEART/BLOOD
LIVE IN HEART/BLOOD
EAT BLOOD IN INTESTINE
LIVE IN HEART/BLOOD
EAT BLOOD IN INTESTINE
LIVE IN MUSCLE
TRICHINA WORM CYSTS
LIVE IN HEART/BLOOD
EAT BLOOD IN INTESTINE
EAT FOOD IN INTESTINE
LIVE IN MUSCLE
DOG ROUND WORMS - intestinal
THREAD WORMS – in muscle