Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in Early Cretaceous amber

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-41

  Poinar Jr , George ^a   Buckley, Ron ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burmese amber; Ceratopogonidae; Chordodidae; Cretachordodes burmitis; Cretacimermis protus sp. n.; gen. n., sp. n.; Mermithidae; Nematoda; Nematomorpha

Indexed keywords

AMBER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CYTOLOGY; FOSSIL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MERMITHOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBER; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FOSSILS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MERMITHOIDEA;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CHORDODIDAE; DIPTERA; GORDIIDAE; MERMITHIDA; MERMITHIDAE; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA;

EID: 33747338218     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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