The morphological and histological characteristics of the body wall in Phscolosoma esculenta were studied. The results showed that the body wall was consisted of introvert and trunk, with a rato of the introvert to trunk in length: 1 -2. From outer to inner, the body wall was arranged by cuticle, epithelium, circular muscle layer, longitudinal muscle layer and parietal peritoneum. The cuticle was an acellular structure secreted by epithelial ceils, which formed hooks on the distal part of the introvert and papillae on the other part. There wer...