The hemizonid (6) is a ventro-lateral, commissure (7) which extends around the ventral side of nematodes between the hypodermis and the cuticle, stopping at the lateral fields (2, 4, 6, 8). Although the hemizonid has been recorded mainly from plant parasitic nematodes (1,4, 6, 7, 8), Timm (11) reported its presence in a wide variety of nematodes and suggested that it may be present t h r o u g ...