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S. carpocapsae is an unsegmented roundworm, or nematode, that kills insects through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

However, owing to the lack of molecular and morphological studies, the question of whether the vertebrate head evolved as a modified embryonic segment or originated as an independent unsegmented head remains unanswered.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024

Opisthosoma when segmented showing the same number of somites as in the Pedipalpi; usually unsegmented, the prae-genital somite constricted to form the waist; the appendages of its 3rd and 4th somites retained as spinning mammillae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

The endopodite, when present, is unsegmented or composed of few segments and forms the “palp,” and outwardly-directed lobes representing the exopodite and epipodites may also be present.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

The Ostracoda have the body enclosed in a bivalve shell-covering, and normally unsegmented.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various