Gordionus violaceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chordodea
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: Nematomorpha Classis: Gordioida Ordo: Chordodea

Familia: Parachordodidae
Genus: Gordionus
Species: Gordionus violaceus

Name

Gordionus violaceus (Baird, 1853)

• Type locality: U.K., England, Berwickshire
• Holotype: NHM 50.8.23.1

Synonymy

• Gordius violaceus Baird, 1853
• Parachordodes violaceus Camerano, 1897
• Gordionus violaceus Heinze, 1935
• Gordionus reticulatus Dorier, 1946

References

• Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2001. Variation of cuticular characters in the Nematomorpha: studies on Gordionus violaceus (Baird, 1853) and G. wolterstorffii (Camerano, 1888) from Britain and Ireland. Systematic Parasitology 49(1): 41–57. DOI: 10.1023/A:1010600200665 Reference page. 
• Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Hanelt, B. & Reeves, W.K. 2003. Redescription and compilation of Nearctic freshwater Nematomorpha (Gordiida), with the description of two new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 153: 77–117. DOI: 10.1043/0097-3157(2003)153(0077:RACONF)2.0.CO;2 [nonfunctional] . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page.