The Ubiquitous Nematode: How a Simple Worm Conquered the Earth – Decoded Science

Author: Wendy A. M. Prosser, Ph.D. : Posted to Decoded Science on September 13, 2011 at 4:30 pm

Although often called “nematode worms,” members of the Phylum Nematoda are only distantly related to earthworms in the garden and marine worms in the sea. They are among the most diverse of all animals, though most people in developed countries are only ever likely to encounter them in the form of the pinworm (threadworm), a common childhood infection. They occupy an

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