Labronema+ferox

﻿Labronema Ferox - //Labronema ferox// __**Phylum **__: ﻿﻿﻿ Nematoda __**Class: **__ Andenophorea

__**Location: **__ Europe, more specifically London.

__**Size: **__ These are so small you can't see them with the naked eye.

__**Habitat: **__ These organisms like to live on cotton plant's roots. They also prefer a moist environment.

__**Living Requirements: **__A Labronema ferox will eat anything they can find. __**Life Cycle: **__ All roundworms reproduce sexually. When parasites are eaten they reproduce and lay eggs in that organisms organs. It usually doesn't get eaten by many things since it is a parasite so they tend to live long lives.

__**Male and Female Differences: ﻿ **__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Females tend to cause a bigger problem than males because they are larger. The males have a bent tail and the females have a straight tail. Females give off a certain pheromone that males can't, this chemical or scent attracts the male to the female. __**<span style="color: #ff00ee; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Interesting Facts: **__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Several diseases are cause by these creatures. They exchange gas and excrete wastes through their body walls since they don't have a transport system. They can use their spear-like head to rip through muscle and then eats the blood and tissue that is left behind. Scientists have found over 80,000 species of roundworms or parasites.

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