worm
Let an agent explain what worms are and the groups covered by the term, describe ecological roles and parasitic worms, relay prevention and treatment information from health bodies in general terms, and support learning.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What worms are.
Groups
Groups.
Groups
Groups.
- Which animal groups are called worms, and how do annelids, nematodes and flatworms differ? definition
- Which group is meant? boundary
Biology
Biology.
Biology
Biology.
- How do worms move, feed, reproduce and sense their environment? definition
- Which entry fits a specific group? action
Ecology Ecological roles.
Soil
Soil and earthworms.
Soil
Soil.
- How do earthworms and soil nematodes shape soils and ecosystems? provenance
- Which entry fits soil ecology? action
Marine
Marine worms.
Marine
Marine.
- What roles do marine worms play in seabed ecosystems? provenance
- Which entry fits marine biology? action
Health Parasitic worms.
Helminths
Helminth infections.
Helminths
Helminths.
- Which worms parasitise humans and animals, and how are infections prevented and treated, according to health bodies? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own or a pet infection, which needs a clinician or vet? boundary
Control
Control programmes.
Control
Control.
- How do public health programmes control soil-transmitted helminths? provenance
- Which entry fits neglected tropical diseases? action
Learn Research and teaching.
Research
Model organisms.
Research
Research.
- Why are nematodes such as Caenorhabditis elegans important in research? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can worms be used in classroom biology? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- biohelminth, helminth, gastrointestinal nematode, geohelminth, marine worm, Annelida, inchworm, Priapulida, marine annelid, Polychaeta, Biomineralising polychaetes, canker-worm
What it is Filled
Any of many elongated, soft-bodied, legless invertebrates from several unrelated groups, including annelids such as earthworms and marine polychaetes, nematodes or roundworms including soil and gastrointestinal nematodes, flatworms, and parasitic helminths of humans and animals; the term is a common rather than scientific grouping, and worms range from soil engineers essential to ecosystems to parasites addressed by public and veterinary health.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain what worms are and the groups covered by the term, describe ecological roles and parasitic worms, relay prevention and treatment information from health bodies in general terms, and support learning.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Common grouping
- Multiple phyla
- Ecological engineers
- Parasitic forms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Give medical or veterinary advice on parasitic worm infections in place of a clinician or vet.
- Recommend deworming products or doses for people or animals.
- Release non-native worms into soils or waters where they may be invasive.
- Use worm as a slur for people.
Only with a human decision
- Treating people or animals for suspected parasitic infection.
May
- Describe the different groups called worms and note that worm is not a single taxon.
- Explain the ecological role of earthworms and other soil worms.
Moral aspects Filled
- Parasitic worms cause great illness among the poorest people; information must be careful.
- Soil worms sustain ecosystems and farming.
Who is affected
- People with parasitic infections
- Animals
- Farmers and soils
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: wild animals; keepers answer for farmed or kept worms.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q123358030 - registry parent class
- Q72638 - registry parent class
related
- small animal - category
- consumer - category
- parasitism - parasitic worms
- invasive species - invasive earthworms and flatworms
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.worm
- Wikidata: Q47253 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47253)
Direct properties required Filled
- Body length: millimetres - Measure along the body axis and record species and contraction state because this common grouping spans widely different sizes.
- Body width: millimetres - Measure the maximum width perpendicular to the body axis without compressing the animal.
- Wet body mass: milligrams - Measure with a suitable balance under a documented surface moisture condition.
Recognition required Filled
- Elongated legless invertebrate
- Annelids, nematodes, flatworms
- Larvae of insects such as grubs and caterpillars are not worms; snakes are vertebrates
- Elongated, soft-bodied, legless animals.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain groups
- describe ecological roles
- describe parasitic worms generally
- support learning
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Treating worm as a scientific taxon
- Agents giving medical or veterinary advice on infections
- Confusing worms with insect larvae
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Zoological nomenclature
- Public and veterinary health guidance on helminths
- Biosecurity rules for invasive worms
Context of use required Filled
- Elongated legless invertebrates.
- annelids including earthworms and marine worms
- nematodes or roundworms
- flatworms
- parasitic helminths
- other worm-like invertebrates
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q47253: worm - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Worm - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each phylum be a separate entry?
- How should health guidance be linked?
- How should soil ecology resources be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q47253/spec.json