Species Profile
Loa loa
Eye worm
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAschelminthes
ClassNematoda
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Loa loa inhabits subcutaneous tissues.
Parasitic and tropical.
Seen moving across eye.
Size & Structure
01
Thin transparent body
02
Migratory habit
03
Microfilariae in blood
04
Thread-like form
Loa loa — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Pseudocoelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Nerve ring
- Excretory organ
- Renette cells
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Type-I (absent)
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Anaerobic
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Absent
- Skeleton structure
- Cuticular exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Human tissue parasite
Vector-borne life cycle
Host-parasite balance
Economic Importance
Medical importance
Tropical disease relevance
Parasitology studies