Name
Nematomorpha
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Phylum: Nematomorpha
Habitat
Dulceacuicolous or humid soils. Juvenile endoparasites of arthropods.
Feeding
Endoparasites of arthropod hemocele. Fluidophages
Distribution
Tropical and temperate regions of the world
Conservation status
No threats
Additional information
Endoparasites of arthropod hemocele. Extremely long (5 to 100 cm) and slender body, without a well-defined head. They have an external cuticle and molt. Male with posterior apical part of the body bilobed.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Anaya, C., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Hanelt, B., & Bolek, M. G. (2019). A new species of Gordius (Phylum Nematomorpha) from terrestrial habitats in North America. ZooKeys, 892, 59–75. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.892.38868
- Hong, E. J., Sim, C., Chae, J. S., Kim, H. C., Park, J., Choi, K. S., Yu, D. H., Yoo, J. G., & Park, B. K. (2015). A Horsehair Worm, Gordius sp. (Nematomorpha: Gordiida), Passed in a Canine Feces. The Korean journal of parasitology, 53(6), 719–724. https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2015.53.6.719
- Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. The nervous system ofNectonema munidae andGordius aquaticus, with implications for the ground pattern of the Nematomorpha. Zoomorphology 116, 133–142 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF0252694