Species | Gordius aquaticus (a horsehair worm) |
Family | GORDIIDAE (a family of hairworms) |
Order | GORDIOIDEA (Gordian or horsehair worms) |
Subclass | GORDIOIDA (a class of hairworms) |
Phylum | NEMATOMORPHA (Gordian or horsehair worms) |
Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gordius aquaticus (a horsehair worm) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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de Villalobos, L.C., Ribera, I. & Bilton, D.T. | 2001 | First data of Iberian Nematomorpha, with redescription of Gordius aquaticus Linnaeus, G. plicatulus Heinze, Gordionus wolterstorffii (Camerano) and Paragordius tricuspidatus (Dufour) | Contributions to Zoology Vol 70 (2): 73-84. |
Gordius aquaticus (a horsehair worm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gordius aquaticus (a horsehair worm):
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