A Horsehair Worm, Gordius sp. (Nematomorpha: Gordiida), Passed in a Canine Feces. [PDF]
Nematomorpha, horsehair or Gordian worms, include about 300 freshwater species in 22 genera (Gordiida) and 5 marine species in 1 marine genus (Nectonema). They are parasitic in arthropods during their juvenile stage. In the present study, the used gordian worm was found in the feces of a dog (5-month old, male) in July 2014. Following the worm analysis
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A new millipede-parasitizing horsehair worm, Gordius chiashanus sp. nov., at medium altitudes in Taiwan (Nematomorpha, Gordiida). [PDF]
Gordius chiashanussp. 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. helveticus Schmidt-Rhaesa, 2010 because of the progressively broadening distribution of bristles concentrated on the male tail lobes, but it is ...
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Importancia ecológica de parásitos (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) en arroyos de montaña [PDF]
1Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile 2Departamento de Desarrollo Rural y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Caldas, Apartado Aereo 275, Manizales, Colombia 3Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnologicas ...
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Redescription and new records of freshwater Nematomorpha (Gordiida) from Chile, with the description of two new species [PDF]
Hasta el momento solo han sido citadas para Chile cuatro especies de Gordiida (Nematomorpha). En este trabajo se describen dos especies nuevas, Gordionus enigmaticus y Gordius austrinus.
Ibarra Vidal, Héctor +2 more
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Gordius nixus sp. nov.: first report of a horsehair worm (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) from snow in Pakistan [PDF]
Gordius nixus sp. nov. is described as a new species from Pakistan. It is the first record of a gordiid nematomorph from Pakistan. It was found on snow, which is unusual for nematomorphs.
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Infectivity of Chordodes nobilii larvae (Gordiida: Nematomorpha).
Los gordiidos son representantes dulceacuícolas del Phylum parásito Nematomorpha que actúan como un enlace entre ecosistemas acuáticos y terrestres. En años recientes, diferentes estudios ecotoxicológicos se han desarrollado con una especie sudamericana de gordiido, C. nobilii, que ha demostrado la capacidad de este grupo de actuar como bioindicador de
Achiorno, Cecilia L. +2 more
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Chordodes colchis (Nematomorpha, Gordiida), a new species from Georgia [PDF]
A new species, Chordodes colchis, is described from several locations in Georgia. The species resembles some other Chorodes species, especially C. anthophorus, which has also been described from Georgia, but differs in conspicuous details. The new species possesses prominent thorn areoles, which were not described in C. anthophorus.
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New hairworm (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) species described from the Arizona Madrean Sky Islands [PDF]
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. The genus Paragordius consists of 18 species, one of which was described from the Nearctic in 1851. More than 150 years later, we are describing a second Paragordius species from a
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A New Species of Gordionus (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) from the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico [PDF]
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. Recently, 2 new Gordionus species were described from high-altitude streams within the southern Rocky Mountains, near Santa Fe, New Mexico ...
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The occurrence of epibionts of Gordiida (Nematomorpha) in Catamarca, Argentina [PDF]
AbstractThe presence of larvae and pupae of the genus Metrichia (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae), larvae of the genus Macrelmis and Phanocerus (Coleoptera, Elmidae), three diatom genera Achnanthes, Cocconeis, Gomphonema, and some specimens of very small diatoms that could not be determined to species or genus level, were recorded for the first time as ...
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