Paragordius obamai

Female worm (brown) in the process of laying egg strings (white) containing eggs: (A) showing trilobed posterior end; (B) a worm and about 15% of total lifetime egg production. Scale bars = 2 mm.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chordodea
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: Gordioida Ordo: Chordodea

Familia: Paragordiidae
Genus: Paragordius
Species: Paragordius obamai

Name

Paragordius obamai Hanelt, Bolek & Schmidt-Rhaesa, 2012

• Type locality: Kenya, Nyanza Province, Kasabong stream, 2km north of Winam Bay, Lake Victoria, 1170m altitude
• Holotype: ZMH V13265

References

• Hanelt, B., Bolek, M.G. & Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., 2012. Going solo: Discovery of the first parthenogenetic gordiid (Nematomorpha: Gordiida).PLoS ONE 7: e34472. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034472

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