Worms - Documentaries - History Documentary

Worms - Documentaries - History Documentary





In biology, "worm" describes an outdated taxon (vermes) made use of by Carolus Linnaeus as well as Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for all non-arthropod invertebrate animals, and also comes from the Old English word wyrm. Most pets called "worms" are invertebrates, yet the term is likewise utilized for the amphibian caecilians and also the slow worm Anguis, a legless burrowing reptile. Invertebrate pets frequently called "worms" include annelids (earthworms), nematodes (roundworms), platyhelminthes (flatworms), marine polychaete worms (bristle worms), aquatic nemertean worms ("bootlace worms"), marine Chaetognatha (arrowhead worms), priapulid worms, and insect larvae such as eats and maggots.

Worms might additionally be called helminths, specifically in medical terms when referring to parasitical worms, especially the Nematoda (roundworms) and Cestoda (tapeworms) which reside in the guts of their host. When a pet or human is stated to "have worms", it suggests that it is plagued with parasitic worms, generally roundworms or tapeworms.