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What is the difference between a worm and a parasite?
Parasitic worm: A worm classified as a parasite. (A parasite is a disease-causing organism that lives on or in a human or another animal and derives its nourishment from its host.)
Are earthworms parasites?
Earthworms are common terrestrial invertebrates from the phylum Annelida. They are exploited by a number of protozoan and nematode parasites and act as intermediate hosts for many parasites of birds and mammals.
What is the difference between parasites and free living worms?
Free living organisms are not directly dependent on another organism for survival whereas parasitic organisms are directly dependent on other organisms for their survival.
Is Earthworm a yes or no parasite?
Generally, a worm is any long, thin animal that does not have a backbone, but scientifically we recognise three types of worms: flatworms, roundworms and segmented worms. Worms live in the sea, in sand and soil. Some live inside plants or animals, and we call them parasites.
Why are there no earthworms in my soil?
No worms at all? It means that the conditions must be poor – no moisture, toxic substances, sandy soil, or no organic matter for them to eat will all prevent them from setting up shop in your yard.
Are tapeworms free-living or parasitic?
tapeworm, also called cestode, any member of the invertebrate class Cestoda (phylum Platyhelminthes), a group of parasitic flatworms containing about 5,000 species.
What class does earthworm belong to?
Clitellata
Earthworm/Class
Is Earthworm a reptile or insect?
it is not a reptile it is an invertebrate.
What are parasites?
A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host. There are three main classes of parasites that can cause disease in humans: protozoa, helminths, and ectoparasites. Protozoa.