Parachordodes
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| specimens on V2218, V2222 and V5255. Posterior end with precloacal bristlefields | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematomorpha |
| Class: | Gordioida |
| Order: | Gordioidea |
| Family: | Chordodidae |
| Genus: | Parachordodes Camerano, 1897 |
Parachordodes is a genus of worms belonging to the family Chordodidae.[1]
The species of this genus are found in Europe and East Asia.[1][2][3]
Several cases of human infections have been reported in South Korea, Japan.[2][3]
Species:
- Parachordodes arndti Heinze, 1935 [1]
- Parachordodes capitosulcatus Montgomery, 1898 [1]
- Parachordodes ciferrii Sciacchitano, 1932 [1]
- Parachordodes lestici Heinze, 1935[4][5]
- Parachordodes megareolatus Schmidt-Rhaesa, Chung & Sohn, 2003 [2]
- Parachordodes okadai Inoue, 1955 [6][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Parachordodes Camerano, 1897-05". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa; Pyung-Rim Chung; Woon-Mok Sohn (2003-10-01). "Parachordodes megareolatus, a New Species of Horsehair Worm(Nematomorpha: Gordioida: Gordea) from Korea". koreascience.or.kr (in English and Korean). The Korean Society of Systematic Zoology (한국동물분류학회). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b Yamada, Minoru; Tegoshi, Tatsuya; Abe, Niichiro; Urabe, Misako (13 August 2012). "Two Human Cases Infected by the Horsehair Worm, Parachordodes sp. (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae), in Japan". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. pp. 263–267. doi:10.3347/kjp.2012.50.3.263. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b Mayr, E. (2015). Principles of systematic zoology. Scientific Publishers.
- ^ Schmidt-Rhaesa A. (2019). FADA Nematomorpha: World checklist of freshwater Nematomorpha species (version Dec 2010). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- ^ Heinze, K. (1935). Weitere neue Parachordodes-Arten aus Asien. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 112, 155-158.