Diet/Feeding Many free-living nematodes are predatory carnivores and may have teeth for feeding, or a long spear-like structure which they use to stab and suck the juices out of their prey.
Is a roundworm a herbivore?
Roundworms have cylindrical bodies. Some are carnivores, some are herbivores, and some are parasites. Unlike flatworms or cnidarians, roundworms have a tube-like digestive system that has two openings.
What type of animal is a roundworm?
nematode, also called roundworm, any worm of the phylum Nematoda. Nematodes are among the most abundant animals on Earth.
What does a roundworm eat?
Ecology of Roundworms They generally feed on bacteria, fungi, protozoans, or decaying organic matter. By breaking down organic matter, they play an important role in the carbon cycle. Parasitic roundworms may have plant, vertebrate, or invertebrate hosts. Several species have human hosts.
Are nematodes carnivores?
Many nematodes, both herbivores and carnivores, feed by inserting a rigid “stylet” into their food source—in some the stylet is hollow and acts as a drinking straw. Others feed by “gulping” a food particle whole through a mouth opening. They may have rasping/crushing “teeth” within the pharynx – or not.
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