| Full name: |
World checklist of freshwater Nematomorpha species NEW!
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| Short name: |
FADA Nematomorpha |
| Version: |
Dec 2010 |
| Release date: |
2010-12-11 |
| Authors/editors: |
Schmidt-Rhaesa A. |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Nematomorpha - Gordioida |
| English name of the group: |
Freshwater hairworms |
| Number of species: |
356 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
0 |
| Number of common names: |
0 |
| Total number of names: |
356 |
| Abstract: |
The checklist includes a list of all currently known and accepted species of freshwater hairworms (Nematomorpha), assembled in the Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA) project. Nematomorpha are parasites of terrestrial (in few cases aquatic) insects. For sexual reproduction, they leave their host by driving it into water and emerging there. Five species are marine, 356 species live in freshwater. Horsehair worms are found in many different aquatic habitats throughout the world. |
| Organization: |
Zoological Museum, University Hamburg, Germany |
| Website: |
http://fada.biodiversity.be/group/show/7
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