Tagged: round worms

The body is metamerically segmented. The body becomes divided transversely into a number of similar parts or segments. The subdivisions may be indicated externally by constrictions of the body surface.

The name nematode means “pointed ends”. The animals included in this group have elongated worm like body with pointed ends. The nematodes are triploblastic and pseudocoelomates. One end of the body is anterior, however the head is not clearly marked and there are no special sense organs at this end