Directory of Nematomorpha Resources

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The phylum Nematomorpha comprises the Hair Worms, so called because they are remarkably thin though they can be up to a metre in length. They adults are free-living but the larvae are parasites, mainly of arthropods.

Resources in This Category

• Gordiacea: Horsehair Worms

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/horsehairworms.htm
  Photograph of these worms, also known as cabbagehair, gordiid or gordian worms, with information on their habitat, identification and life cycle.

• Gordius spp: Horsehair Worms

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/horsehair_worms.htm
  Photograph and description of these long, slender worms, with information on their distribution, life cycle and importance.

• Nematomorpha

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematomorpha
  Information from Wikipedia on this phylum of free-living worms with parasitic larvae that are morphologically and ecologically similar to nematodes.

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