Nectonema zealandica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nectonematoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematomorpha Classis: Nectonematoida Ordines: Nectonematoidea

Familia: Nectonematidae
Genus: Nectonema
Species: Nectonema zealandica

Name

• Nectonema zealandica Poinar & Brockerhoff, 2001
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Combination(s)/spelling(s):
    • Original: Nectonema zealandica
    • Subsequent: nil
  • Original genus: Nectonema Verrill, 1879
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 'Pre-adult female'
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'National Museum,Wellington, New Zealand' [W.001528
  • Type host: Hemigrapsus edwardsi
  • Type locality: 'Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand'

References

Primary references

• Poinar, G., Jr. & Brockerhoff, A.M. 2001. Nectonema zealandica n. sp. (Nematomorpha: Nectonematoidea) parasitising the purple rock crab Hemigrapsus edwardsi (Brachyura: Decapoda) in New Zealand, with notes on the prevalence of infection and host defence reactions. Systematic parasitology 50(2): 149–157. DOI: 10.1023/A:1011961029290 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Marshall, B.A. 2005: Recent and fossil invertebrate primary types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: Protozoa, Acanthocephala, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Myxozoa, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Platyhelminthes, Porifera and Sipuncula. Tuhinga, 16: 45–58. abstract and pdf

Links

• EoL
• ION
• NZOR (demonstration website) [incorrectly cited as 'Nectonema zealandica (Poinar & Brockerhoff, 2001)']
• Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (2010). Nectonema zealandica Poinar & Brockerhoff, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412803 on 2012-01-07