Thaumamermis zealandica

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
Genus: Thaumamermis
Species: Thaumamermis zealandica

Name

Thaumamermis zealandica Poinar, Latham & Poulin, 2002

Type data

• Holotype: MONZ W.001509 ZW 1509
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Long Beach, just north of Dunedin, New Zealand DN
  • Type host: Talorchestia quoyana
  • Paratypes (allotype female, plus unspecified paratypes): MONZ ZW 1510 (allotype), author

References

cited sources

• Poinar, G., jr.; Latham, A.D.M.; Poulin, R. 2002: Thaumamermis zealandica n. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda) parasitising the intertidal marine amphipod Talorchestia quoyana (Talitridae: Amphipoda) in New Zealand, with a summary of mermithids infecting amphipods. Systematic parasitology, 53: 227–233. DOI: 10.1023/A:1021159411613