4 days ago · WoRMS is continuously updating and strives to reflect current published scientific knowledge, without making new taxonomic decisions. The Data Management Team welcomes any …

Invertebrate animals commonly called "worms" include annelids, nematodes, flatworms, nemerteans, chaetognaths, priapulids, and insect larvae such as grubs and maggots.

Most worms live in our gardens and in other soiled areas such as fields and farms. Worms do not have arms, legs or bones, instead, they have a soft, often segmented body which is covered a tiny hairs or …

Enter the world of worms and read about various types, from earthworms to blood flukes, and find out how to avoid their parasitic cousins.

worm, any of various unrelated invertebrate animals that typically have soft, slender, elongated bodies. Worms usually lack appendages; polychaete annelids are a conspicuous exception.

6 days ago · Small white worms in house can make your skin crawl and figuratively. These invaders show up in moist areas like bathrooms, kitchens, or basements. Mostly, they’re the larvae of pantry …

Intestinal parasites include worms and one-celled organisms that hatch, grow and thrive in your intestines. Antiparasitic medicines can clear most infections.

Most people are familiar with earthworms found in garden soil. Although many different kinds of animals are commonly lumped together as “worms,” there are several distinct phyla that fit the category. …

There are approximately 2,700 different kinds of earthworms. Worms live where there is food, moisture, oxygen and a favorable temperature. If they don’t have these things, they go somewhere else. In one …

Of the thirty-odd phyla in the animal kingdom, at least a third are generally referred to as worms. If you include the more exotic, lesser-known phyla described as “worm-like,” it’s well over half. So, …