New hairworm (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) species described from the Arizona Madrean Sky Islands [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 Gordiids, or freshwater hairworms, are members of the phylum Nematomorpha that use terrestrial definitive hosts (arthropods) and live as adults in rivers, lakes, or streams.
Rachel J. Swanteson-Franz +5 more
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A new millipede-parasitizing horsehair worm, Gordius chiashanus sp. nov., at medium altitudes in Taiwan (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Gordius chiashanus sp. nov., a newly described horsehair worm that parasitizes the Spirobolus millipede, is one of the three described horsehair worm species in Taiwan. It is morphologically similar to G.
Ming-Chung Chiu +5 more
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Going solo: discovery of the first parthenogenetic gordiid (Nematomorpha: Gordiida). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Despite the severe fitness costs associated with sexual reproduction, its persistence and pervasiveness among multicellular organisms testifies to its intrinsic, short-term advantages.
Ben Hanelt +2 more
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First report of the Gondwana genus Beatogordius from India, with further records of two Chordodes species (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 Three horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) are recorded from Nagaland, India. The first species is Chordodes combiareolatus, which was recently described from Nagaland. The second is Chordodes cf.
Arun K. Yadav +2 more
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Description of Chordodes anthophorus (Gordiida) for the first time in Iran with an emphasis on scanning electron microscopy characters [PDF]
Helminthologia, 2021 We report a female Chordodes anthophorus from a Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula membranacea) for the first time from Iran. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to describe the characters and substructures precisely.
Mohtasebi S. +3 more
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A New Species of Gordionus (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) from the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico. [PDF]
J Parasitol, 2020 The 19 genera within the phylum Nematomorpha contain approximately 350 species. The cosmopolitan genus Gordionus Müller, 1926 contains about 58 species, 6 of which occur in the contiguous United States of America.
Swanteson-Franz RJ +3 more
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A new orthopteran-parasitizing horsehair worm, Acutogordius taiwanensis sp. n., with a redescription of Chordodes formosanus and novel host records from Taiwan (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 A description of a new species of horsehair worm, Acutogordius taiwanensis sp. n., a redescription of Chordodes formosanus, and novel host records for the latter are provided. Acutogordius taiwanensis sp. n. is morphologically similar to A.
Ming-Chung Chiu +3 more
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A new horsehair worm, Chordodes formosanus sp. n. (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) from Hierodula mantids of Taiwan and Japan with redescription of a closely related species, Chordodes japonensis [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2011 A new species of horsehair worm, Chordodes formosanus sp. n., is described and compared to a closely related species, C. japonensis. Although both species possess the same six cuticular structures of areoles on the surface, the significantly longer ...
Ming-Chung Chiu +3 more
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Human encounter with a horsehair worm (Nematomorpha): Is there a reason to worry? [PDF]
Helminthologia, 2022 We report here a specimen of the horsehair worm (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) Spinochordodes bacescui (Căpuşe, 1965) found in a patient´s urine. This is the first record of this species from Serbia and the sixth gordiid species known in Serbia.
Miladinović-Tasić N. +2 more
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A new species of Gordius (Phylum Nematomorpha) from terrestrial habitats in North America [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 Freshwater hairworms (class Gordiida) are members of the phylum Nematomorpha that use terrestrial arthropods as definitive hosts but reside as free-living adult worms in rivers, lakes, or streams.
Christina Anaya +3 more
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