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The nematodes (/ ˈ n ɛ m ə t oʊ d z / NEM-ə-tohdz or NEEM-; Ancient Greek: Νηματώδη; Latin: Nematoda), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic.
Thripinema fuscum is a Allantonematidae nematode that, can naturally decrease the population of Frankliniella fusca, Tobacco thrips. [5] Commonly found in Florida, T. fuscum that infect tobacco thrips have been shown to only affect the reproduction system of the thrips, causing a decrease in thrips over time. [5]
Enoplia is regarded as the earliest nematode branch, according to recent phylogenetic analysis. [5] Enoplia is mentioned as a sister clade to Dorylaima and Chromadoria. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Ascaris is a nematode genus of parasitic worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms". [1] One species, Ascaris lumbricoides , affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis . Another species, Ascaris suum , typically infects pigs .
List of Nematoda has 25,000 recorded species from the Nematode phylum. There are estimated to be a million. [1]
Turbatrix aceti (vinegar eels, vinegar nematode, Anguillula aceti) are free-living nematodes that feed on a microbial culture called mother of vinegar (used to create vinegar) and may be found in unfiltered vinegar. They were discovered by Pierre Borel in 1656. [1]
Looking at the nematode as a whole, the male and hermaphrodite sex likely evolved from parallel evolution. [30] Parallel evolution is defined as similar traits evolving from an ancestor in similar conditions; simply put, the two species evolve in similar ways over time. An example of this would be marsupial and placental mammals.
The Anisakis simplex is a parasitic roundworm classified under the phylum Nematoda. [2] [5] It possesses the typical characteristics of its phylum, including an unsegmented, cylindrical body that occasionally fills up with fluids and allows it to swim freely. [5]