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Nematomorpha

Horsehair worms

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taxon links Not MonophyleticNot MonophyleticNot MonophyleticNot MonophyleticNot MonophyleticNot MonophyleticPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Bilateria Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after Schmidt-Rhaesa 2002.
Containing group: Bilateria

Other Names for Nematomorpha

References

Bresciani, J. 1991. Nematomorpha. Pages 197–218 in: Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates. F. W. Harrison and E. E. Ruppert, eds. Wiley-Liss, New York.  

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 1996. Zur Morphologie, Biologie und Phylogenie der Nematomorpha. Cuvillier-Verlag, Göttingen.

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 1996. The nervous system of Nectonema munidae and Gordius aquaticus, with implications for the ground pattern of the Nematomorpha. Zoomorphology 116:133-142.

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 1997. Nematomorpha. Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa Vol. 4/4. J. Schwoerbel and P. Zwick (eds.) Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, 124 pp.

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of the Nematomorpha — a discussion of current hypothesis. Zoologischer Anzeiger 236:203–216.

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2001. Horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) as parasites of praying mantids with a discussion of their life cycle. Zoologischer Anzeiger 240(2):167-179.

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2002. Are the genera of Nematomorpha monophyletic taxa? Zoologica Scripta 31:185-200.

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Scientific Name Gordius (left), Nectonema (right)
Creator Stritch
Body Part Note Nectonema natatory bristles
Source Collection BIODIDAC
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