Horsehair Worms

Дві особини волосатиків Chordodes mizoramensis покидають свого хазяїна — богомола

Література

Джерела

• Pechenik, Jan A. (2010). Four Phyla of Likely Nematode Relatives. Biology of the Invertebrates (вид. 6th International). Singapore: Mc-Graw Hill Education (Asia). с. 452–457. ISBN 978-0-07-127041-0.
• Baker GL, Capinera JL (1997). Nematodes and nematomorphs as control agents of grasshoppers and locusts. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 171: 157–211.
• Hanelt B, Thomas F, Schmidt-Rhaesa A (2005). Biology of the phylum Nematomorpha. Advances in Parasitology 59: 244–305. doi:10.1016/S0065-308X(05)59004-3.
• Poinar GO Jr (1991). Nematoda and Nematomorpha. У Thorp JH, Covich AP. Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. с. 249–283.
• Thorne G (1940). The hairworm, Gordius robustus Leidy, as a parasite of the Mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex Haldeman. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 30: 219–231.

Посилання

• Nematomorpha Biodiversity Project website. Provides pictures, life cycle information and searchable databases.
• horsehair worms on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Gordius spp.

Відео

• Video of worm and beetle host in pet's water bowl (see bottom of page), submitted by R. Preston and collected by E. M. Preston from central California, USA.
• Videos of a cricket infected with a Gordian worm with the worm emerging to mate, as well as emerging from predators that have eaten the infected cricket. From Nature, April 2006.
• Nematomorph worm на YouTube — explains the proteome research done on this worm
• The cricket suicide (video)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5vUUtSWT4&feature=youtu.be -inside a spider