Gordius

	Gordius
	; Gordius fulgur on a mantis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Primary
No rank :	Molting
No rank :	Nematoida
Type of:	Hairs
Grade:	Gordioida
Squad:	Chordodea
Superfamily :	Gordioidea
Family:	Gordiidae
Gender:	Gordius
International scientific name
	Gordius Linnaeus , 1758

Gordius (lat.) - a genus of parasitic worms from the group of hairy individuals ( Gordiidae, Gordiida ). About 80 valid species. Body length from 2 cm to 2 m ( Gordius fulgur ) ^[1] . The body is cylindrical. The tail end of the males is bifurcated into two blades. Areoles look like rounded sections of the cuticle, limited by light grooves. In the surface layer of the cuticle there are no adjacent cavities, and on its surface there are no dark-colored areoles. Insect parasites ^[2] .

Gordius aeneus Villot, 1874
Gordius alascensis Montgomery, 1907
Gordius albopunctatus müller, 1927
Gordius alpinus Spiridonov, 1998
Gordius angulatus Linstow, 1906
Gordius aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
Gordius attoni Redlich, 1980
Gordius balcanicus Schmidt-Rhaesa, 2010 ^[1]
Gordius bivittatus Kirjanova, 1949
Gordius borisphaenicus spiridonov , 1984
Gordius digitatus Schmidt-Rhaesa, 2010 ^[1]
Gordius plicatulus Heinze, 1937
Gordius fulgur Baird, 1861
Gordius zwicki Schmidt-Rhaesa, 2010 ^[1]
Other species

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2010: Considerations on the genus Gordius (Nematomorpha, horsehair worms), with the description of seven new species. - Zootaxa , 2533: 1–35. abstract
↑ Key to freshwater invertebrates in Russia and adjacent territories. T.1. Lower invertebrates. (Ed. S. Ya. Tsalolikhin). - St. Petersburg, ZIN RAS , 1994. - S.1-395. Circulation 1200 copies.

Literature

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2010: Considerations on the genus Gordius (Nematomorpha, horsehair worms), with the description of seven new species. - Zootaxa , 2533: 1–35. abstract
Hairatic // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

[Schmidt2010-1] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2010: Considerations on the genus Gordius (Nematomorpha, horsehair worms), with the description of seven new species. - Zootaxa , 2533: 1–35. abstract

[key-2] Key to freshwater invertebrates in Russia and adjacent territories. T.1. Lower invertebrates. (Ed. S. Ya. Tsalolikhin). - St. Petersburg, ZIN RAS , 1994. - S.1-395. Circulation 1200 copies.

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