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Marine Worms
(Flatworms, Tapeworms,
Segmented Worms,
Roundworms, and Giant Tube
Worms)
General Stuff About
Worms…
• Worms are found pretty much
everywhere in the ocean.
• Most worms tend to live near the
seafloor.
• Some of the worms we will be
discussing are parasitic.
• There are a number of different
groups , or phylums, each having it’s
own distinctive characteristics.
Worms, Worms, Worms!
Phylum- Platyhelminthes
(aka: Flatworms)
Have flat bodies.
Found in both fresh and salt water.
Can range in size from microscopic to
nearly 20 meters (60 feet!)
Have bilateral symmetry.
Move by contracting muscles and beating
of cilia.
Have a very simple nervous system.
Have a very simple digestive system.
Reproduce asexually (regeneration) or
sexually (hermaphrodite).
Flatworms
Flatworms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=oTeSIP_ePkw
Tapeworms
These worms are parasites.
They live in or on the body of a host
organism.
They do not need digestive systems
because the absorb nutrients directly
from the host into their own bodies.
Some examples are: Blood fluke,
Liver Fluke, Trematode.
Tapeworms
Let’s go to the Video!
QuickTime™ and a
Sorenson Video decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
That’s just Nasty!!!
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FYg
QFSrZDE&NR=l
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESSZ
MF578Ig
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCmd
VfRs0c0
Roundworms
• These are the most common type of worm.
• There are about 10,000 different species of
roundworm!
• They generally live at the bottoms of
oceans, and burrow in sand and mud.
• They whip their bodies back and forth to
move around.
• Some can swim.
• They belong to the phylum Nematoda.
• There are two sexes, but some are still
hermaphroditic.
Roundworms
Segmented Worms
• Typically found in moist soil or sand.
• Belong to the Phylum “Annelida”.
• There are more than 10,000 species of
segmented worms.
• They have a well developed digestive,
circulatory, and nervous system.
• They breathe through their skin and have
moist bodies.
• Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide diffuse
through the skin.
Segmented Worms