A long slender worm related to the nematodes, the larvae being parasites of arthropods and the adults living in water or damp soil.
Phylum Nematomorpha: two classes
Example sentencesExamples
- The good news is horsehair worms are internal parasites of insects only and do not harm humans, animals or plants.
- No control is necessary for horsehair worms found outside or inside and they should just be ignored.
- Locomotion of adult horsehair worms is a slow whipping action; males are more active than females.
- These are the horsehair worms or Nematomorpha and the Gastrotricha.
- Once the host enters the water, the horsehair worm breaks through the body wall of the host.