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Allolobophora chlorotica (commonly known as the green worm) [3] is a species of earthworm that feeds and lives in soil. This species stands out from other earthworms due to the presence of three pairs of sucker-like discs on the underside of the clitellum .
Bipalium species are predatory.Some species prey on earthworms, while others may also feed on mollusks. [10] [11] These flatworms can track their prey. [12]When captured, earthworms begin to react to the attack, but the flatworm uses the muscles in its body, as well as sticky secretions, to attach itself to the earthworm to prevent escape.
Gongylonema pulchrum was first named and presented with its own species by Molin in 1857. The first reported case was in 1850 by Dr. Joseph Leidy, when he identified a worm "obtained from the mouth of a child" from the Philadelphia Academy (however, an earlier case may have been treated in patient Elizabeth Livingstone in the seventeenth century [2]).
Leucochloridium paradoxum, the green-banded broodsac, is a parasitic flatworm (or helminth). Its intermediate hosts are land snails, usually of the genus Succinea. The pulsating, green broodsacs fill the eye stalks of the snail, thereby attracting predation by birds, the primary host. These broodsacs visually imitate caterpillars, a prey of ...
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Micrograph showing strongyloidiasis; a fragment of a worm is seen in the lower right hand corner. H&E stain. Specialty: Infectious diseases, helminthologist Symptoms: abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, itching and rash: Complications: Hyperinfection syndrome: Causes: Strongyloides stercoralis: Risk factors: Immunocompromisation: Diagnostic ...
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Treatment depends on when the infection is discovered and where the cysts are in the brain. In extremely rare cases , Wilson says a worm’s cyst can block the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, causing ...