FLATWORMS AND ROUNDWORMS

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FLATWORMS AND ROUNDWORMS

 

 

Introduction to the Platyhelminthes

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/platyhelminthes/platyhelminthes.html

 

A brief discussion of the flatworms--their anatomy, their

classification, and their life cycle--can be found on this page from

the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Visit this page

to read about their fossil record and distinguishing characteristics

and to find links to other resources.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/platyhelminthes/platyhelminthes.html

 

 

 

The Bad Bug Book

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html

This online reference from the Food and Drug Administration is

not about bugs at all--

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html

it's about viruses, bacteria, protistans, and invertebrate parasites

that cause disease in humans. It includes diseases caused by:

 

* broad fish tapeworm

* flukes

* red roundworm

* large roundworm and whip worm

* various nematodes

 

 

Infectious Diseases

This site from the World Health Organization provides

information about roundworms and flatworms. Visit the sites below to

learn more about disease caused by flatworms and roundworms:

http://www.who.int/health_topics/infectious_diseases/en/

 

* Schistosomiasis

* Lymphatic Filariasis

* Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)

* Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)

 

 

Introduction to the " Aschelminth " Phyla

Also known as Nemathelminthes or Pseudocoelomata, this group

of ten different phyla includes the roundworms, arrow worms, and

rotifers. Find out more about these organisms from this University of

California Museum of Paleontology site.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/aschelminthes/aschelminthes.html

 

 

Onchocerciasis

Read more about the life of this fly-borne filarial worm,

which can cause blindness in humans. This is just one parasite

featured at The World of Parasites from Jim Smith, an instructor at

McGill University in Canada.

http://martin.parasitology.mcgill.ca/JIMSPAGE/WORLDOF.HTM