Sense organs

SENSE ORGANS

Amphids

  • Amphids consist of a pair of depression on each side of head end well supplied by nerve fibres.
  • The amphids are situated either lateral or posterior lateral aspect of head end.
  • The function is ‘chemoreceptor’.

Phasmids

  • A pair of depression occurs on each side of tail end.
  • Earlier the phasmids were considered as important character for identification.
  • Nematodes with phasmids comes under Phasmidia, and without phasmids comes under Aphasmidia.

Cervical papillae

  • Eg. Oesophagostomum species. A pair of papillae occurs in the cervical region.
  • Papillae in the middle of body.

Genital papillae

  • In females, a pair of papillae occurs in vulval region.
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