Compared with most animal phyla, the Nematomorpha, also known as hair worms, is a
relatively understudied metazoan phylum. Although nematomorphs make up only 1 of 3 …

Hermit crabs (superfamily Paguroidea), by their typical nature as inhabitants of mobile,
protective domiciles, are a unique source for studying symbiotic relationships. A great variety …

This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date work provides the definitive overview of
marine parasites worldwide. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in …

The taxon Nematomorpha, commonly known as horsehair worms, is a taxon including at
present about 350 species of animals with an interesting life cycle including a parasitic and …

Nectonema, the only horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) genus found in marine
environments, was previously known to be parasitic only in decapod crustaceans. We report …

Freshwater hairworms (Gordiaceae) and marine hairworms (Nectonematoidea) comprise
the phylum Nematomorpha. Only the freshwater forms are discussed here. While freshwater …

Two brachyurans of the varunid genus Hemigrapsus from the northwestern Pacific Ocean
have invaded coastal regions of the north Atlantic–Hemigrapsus takanoi (sibling species of …

Hairworms (Nematomorpha) are a little-known group of parasites, and despite having been
represented in the taxonomic literature for over a century, the implementation of molecular …

Nectonema nematomorphs utilize marine crustacean hosts in their life cycle; 16 decapod
and 1 isopod genera have been reported to date as host genera. This study reports the first …

To date, all free-living adult hairworms have been reported from aquatic habitats. However,
in Oklahoma, a recently described gordiid, Gordius terrestris, is consistently encountered in …