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Nematomorpha  Vejdovsky, 1886
Taxonomic Serial No.: 64183

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Phylum  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): gordian worms [English]
  
    hair worms [English]
  
    horsehair worms [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2006    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumNematomorpha Vejdovsky, 1886 -- gordian worms, hair worms, horsehair worms  
    Direct Children:  
       Order Gordioidea Rauther, 1930  
       Order Nectonematoidea Rauther, 1930  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Nematomorpha   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates   
  Page(s): xiii + 992   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-098-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nematomorpha   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nematomorpha, gordian worms   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poinar, George, and Annette M. Brockerhoff  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: 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   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematic Parasitology, vol. 50, no. 2   
  Page(s): 149-157   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0165-5752   
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  Reference for: Nematomorpha   
       

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