*Phylum Nematoda consists completely of Roundworms.
*Two types: parasitic and free-living. 90,000 species known; more more exist!
*These Roundworms are unsegmented; they have long, narrow, cylindrical bodies that taper to a fine tip in the nates and a blunt end at the head. Also, they have a cuticle--a tough layer of outerskin--covering their entire bodies.
*They are pseudocoelomates. They have a pseudocoelom, an internal body space surrounding the endoderm tissue paper of the digestive tract and surrounded by the mesoderm tissue.
*abstracted a circulatory system, intellectual nourishments are transported throughout the body via legato in the pseudocoelom in Roundworms.
*Have a complete wholesome canal with a separate mouth and anus; it transverses the entire aloofness of the organism. This distinguishes them from organisms in the phylum Platyhelminthes, which have only an incomplete digestive tract. [In former(a) words, Roundworms are cooler than Flatworms].
*Longitudinal muscles; they move side-to-side in a thrash-like motion.
*Reproduce sexually.![]()
Fertilization = internal, and females deposit more than 100,000 fertilized testicle per day. Zygotes can survive harsh conditions.
*Many live in moist soil and in organic matter on the bottoms of lakes and oceans. Play an important role in decomposition and nutrient cycling.
*Closely related to phylum Rotifera; they are both very(prenominal) small (microscopic) and have a complete digestive tract.
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