Plectus murrayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Plectoidea
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: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Plectida Superfamilia: Plectoidea

Familia: Plectidae
Subfamilia: Plectinae
Genus: Plectus
Species: Plectus murrayi

Name

• Plectus murrayi Yeates, 1970

References

Primary references

• Yeates, G.W. 1970. Two terrestrial nematodes from the McMurdo Sound Region, Antarctica, with a note on Anaplectus arenicola. Journal of helminthology 44(1): 27–34. DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X00021416 .Reference page. 

Additional references

• Adhikari, B.N.; Wall, D.H.; Adams, B.J. 2009: Desiccation survival in an Antarctic nematode: molecular analysis using expressed sequenced tags. BMC genomics, 10: 69. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-69
• Andrássy, I. 2008: On the male of the Antarctic nematode species, Plectus murrayi Yeates, 1970. Journal of nematode morphology and systematics, 11 (1): 87–89. [not seen]
• Timm, R.W. 1971: Antarctic soil and freshwater nematodes from the McMurdo Sound Region. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 38 (1): 42–52.
• How do terrestrial Antarctic organisms survive in their harsh environment?
• Effect of slow desiccation and freezing on gene transcription and stress survival of an Antarctic nematode.
• Thawing permafrost alters nematode populations and soil habitat characteristics in an Antarctic polar desert ecosystem.