### animal | worm | nematode | pinworm:

Tomato pinworm
* can be one of the most severe pests confronting Florida tomato growers.
* is endemic to tomato.

Sting nematode
* Some sting nematodes have regions.
* are long and slender, females have blunt tails and have an elongate stylet
  - migratory ectoparasites that selectively feed on root tips

### animal | worm:

Nemertean
* All nemerteans move slowly.
* Many nemerteans are very colorful, and some are patterned with bright stripes and bands.
* Most nemerteans are carnivores , feeding on annelids , clams and crustaceans
  - predators, but some are scavengers and others are herbivorous
* are also more advanced in having a circulatory system
  - common and important predatory worms occupying a wide range of aquatic habitats
  - very unusual animals
* collect food with their proboscis, which is closely associated with the digestive system.
* generally live on the ocean floor, but some are pelagic, and others are commensal.
* have few predators.
* respire through the skin.
+ Nemertea, Anatomy: Minor phyla
  * Nemerteans collect food with their proboscis, which is closely associated with the digestive system. At rest, the proboscis is inside a long tube that may take up a considerable portion of the worm's length, lying just above the gut. It is attached to the posterior end of this tube by a muscle that pulls it back inside after feeding. At the anterior end, the tube opens into a small cavity close to the brain, and then to the outside through a pore at the anterior tip of the animal.

Nemertean worm
* are long , thin , animals without segments.
  * Nemertean worms are long, thin, animals without segments. They have no true head, although the anterior end is often slightly wider than the body. They are distinguished by the presence of an eversible proboscis. This is kept inside the body, but pushed out to catch prey.

New worm
* Most new worms reach ages.
* feed on nearby roots, and stalks begin to topple over in the wind.

### animal | worm:

Parasitic worm
* Many parasitic worms produce thousands of eggs a day.
* Most parasitic worms are very species-specific.
* Most parasitic worms carry deadly diseases
  - infect humans
* Some parasitic worms cause diseases
  - problems
  - infect noses
  - inhabit tracts
* Some parasitic worms live in intestines
  - large intestines
* cause orthopterans to commit suicide.
* damage the intestine and stomach, inhibit growth and can cause death.
* form cysts in the tissues and can cause abnormal development of limbs.
* range in size from microscopic to very long, depending on the species.

Plastic worm
* Most plastic worms look like worms.
* are extremely effective when drifted, or bottom bounced
  - the most dependable artificial bait for largemouth bass
* take fish all year long and summer is no exception.

Platyhelminth
* Most platyhelminths are hermaphroditic , meaning that they have both sexes in the one individual.
* are flatworms - bilateral acoelomates with true tissues.
* have an excretory system that also functions as an osmotic-regulating system
  - practically no fossil record
* includes brains
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flame cells
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - skulls
  - vacuoles

### animal | worm | platyhelminth:

Cestode
* All cestodes are endoparasites.
* Most cestodes are very elongate and flattened, with some attaining staggering proportions
  - have multiple proglottids or are polyzoic
* are more complex
  - the most highly specialized of the flatworms
* larvae from several species can regenerate themselves from cut regions.
* parasites from some Nepalese mountain shrews.
* produce an egg.