Nematoda

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Narrower Terms 5 Related Terms 6 Scope Note 7 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

Ancylostomatidae, Haemonchus, hookworm, Mermithidae, roundworm, Strongyloides

See for

helminth

Broader Terms

Invertebrata

Narrower Terms

Ascaridida, Caenorhabditis elegans, Filarioidae, Nippostrongylus, Trichinella

Related Terms

helminthiasis, parasitism

Scope Note

class of unsegmented helminths with fundamental bilateral symmetry and secondary triradiate symmetry of the oral and esophageal structures; many species are parasites.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• The phylum Nematoda is amoung the largest of the animal phyla.
• " Compared to other phyla the external structure of the Nematoda is very uniform.
• Fossil Record: Cambrian (543 490 myr bp) More on Tardigrada including pictures and video clips More on Tardigrada from the South African Museum More on Tardigrada Tardigrada on Palaeos Nematoda The Nematoda is also known as roundworms.
• UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot taxonomic query: Nematoda Organism There are 3223 UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries from taxon Nematoda.
• The P 196 hylum Nematoda (Nematodes or Roundworms) Nematodes are the most abundant and ubiquitous multicellular organisms on earth.
• Nematoda (nmtd)(KEY), phylum consisting of about 12,000 known species, and many more predicted species of worms (commonly known as roundworms or threadworms).

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