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Nematomorpha

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
PHYLUM

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Nematomorpha

Name

Homonyms
Nematomorpha
Common names
Gordian Worms in English
Hair Worms in English
Horsehair Worms in English
Hårorme in Danish
gordian worms in English
hair worms in English
horsehair worms in language.
horsehair worms in English
horsehair worms in English
tagelmaskar in Swedish
Gordian worms in English
Hairworms in English
Nematomorphans in English
Nematomorphs in English
Saitenwürmer in German
Threadworms in English
hair worms in English
hairworms in English
nematomorphans in English
nematomorphs in English
tagelmaskar in Swedish
threadworms in English
類線形動物門 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  2. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 2002: null. Invertebrates, Second Edition. xx + 936.
  3. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  4. Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman.
  5. Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 159-160
  6. Poinar, George, and Annette M. Brockerhoff, 2001: Nectonema zealandica n. sp. (Nematomorpha: Nectonematoidea) parasitizing the purple rock crab Hemigrapsus edwardsi (Brachyura: Decapoda) in New Zealand, with notes on the prevalence of infection and host defence reactions. Systematic Parasitology, vol. 50, no. 2. 149-157.
  7. Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248. 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
  8. van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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