The Body Wall and its Ornamentations

 

 
 
 


 

 

Fig. 9. Cuticular structures of nematodes.  A.  Variations and terminology of surface patterns (redrawn from Freckman and Baldwin, 1990).  B.  The anterior end of a nematode showing lateral cervical alae.  C.  The lip region of Acrobeles sp. showing probolae.  D.  The posterior end of a male including caudal alae.  E.  A cross section of a nematode showing the layers of the body wall.