Amphid vs. Phasmid — What's the Difference?

Amphids (Greek: amphi, around, double) are innervated invaginations of cuticle in nematodes. They are usually found in the anterior (head) region of the animal, at the base of the lips.

Any of numerous chiefly tropical, often wingless insects of the order Phasmida (or Phasmatodea), having elongated bodies that resembles twigs or leaves, and including the walking sticks and the leaf insects.

(nematology) One of a pair of chemosensory sense organs positioned laterally on the head of a nematode.

(entomology) Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).

A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound.

(nematology) Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes.

A phagemid.

Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidæ, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.

Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects