Biology:Mermis
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Short description: Genus of roundworms
| Mermis | |
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| Mermis nigrescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Mermithida |
| Family: | Mermithidae |
| Genus: | Mermis Dujardin, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, 1842
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Mermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.[1]
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species
At least 11 species currently belong to the genus:[2]
- Mermis athysanota Steiner, 1921
- Mermis changodudus Poinar, Rémillet & Van Waerebeke, 1978
- Mermis gigantea Artyukovsky & Lisikova, 1977
- Mermis kenyensis Baylis, 1944
- Mermis mirabilis von Linstow, 1903
- Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, 1842
- Mermis papillus Gafurov, 1982
- Mermis paranigrescens Rubzov, 1976
- Mermis quirindiensis Baker & Poinar, 1986
- Mermis savaiiensis Orton Williams, 1984
- Mermis xianensis Xu & Bao, 1995
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mermis Dujardin, 1842" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2279597.
- ↑ Presswell, B.; Evans, S.; Poulin, R.; Jorge, F. (2015). "Morphological and molecular characterization of Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing the introduced European earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in New Zealand". Journal of Helminthology 89 (3): 267–276. doi:10.1017/S0022149X14000017. PMID 24503193. https://www.otago.ac.nz/parasitegroup/PDF%20papers/Presswelletal2015-JoH.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q17598469 entry
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