Mermithidae

Mermis nigrescens on Tettigonia viridissima

Mermithidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mermithida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Enoplea Subclassis: Dorylaimia Ordo: Mermithida

Familia: Mermithidae
Subfamiliae: Amphidomermithinae – Amphimermithinae – Eumermithinae – Eurymermithinae – Hexamermithinae – Mermithinae – Mesomermithinae – Neomermithinae – Paramermithinae – Pseudomermithinae –

Overview of genera: Abathymermis – Agamermis – Agamomermis – Amphibiomermis – Amphimermis – Anomalomermis – Aranimermis – Austromermis – Bathymermis – Blepharomermis – Fibromermis – Gastromermis – Heleidomermis – Hexamermis – Hydromermis – Isomermis – Lanceimermis – Mermis – Paramermis – Psammomermis – Reesimermis – Romanomermis – Strelkovimermis – Thaumamermis – †Cretacimermis – †Heydenius

Name

Mermithidae Braun, 1883: 160

References

Primary references

Braun, Max. 1883. Die thierischen Parasiten des Menschen nebst einer Anleitung zur praktischen Beschäftigung mit der Helminthologie für Studierende und Aerzte. Würzburg: Adalbert Stuber's Verlagshandlung. viii + 233 pp., 72 figs. Google Books Reference page.

Additional references

Johnson, A.A. & Kleve, M.G. 2009. A new genus and species of mermithid (Nematoda) emerging from chironomid imagos eclosing from the Mississippi River headwaters area in Northern Minnesota. Journal of Parasitology 95: 1493–1495. DOI: 10.1645/GE-2033.1 .
Yeates, G.W.; Buckley, T.R. 2009: First records of mermithid nematodes (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitising stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea). New Zealand journal of zoology, 36: 35–39.

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