Gordionus violaceus (Baird, 1853)
(Faceted Hairworm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGordionus violaceus (Faceted Hairworm)
GenusGordionus (a genus of hairworms)
FamilyCHORDODIDAE (Gordian or horsehair worms)
OrderGORDIOIDEA (Gordian or horsehair worms)
SubclassGORDIOIDA (a class of hairworms)
PhylumNEMATOMORPHA (Gordian or horsehair worms)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Gordionus violaceus (Faceted Hairworm) :
1: Gordionus violaceus (Faceted Hairworm)
14 Jun 2010 OSGR: SD96 54° 0’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
emerging from squashed Carabid beetle on footpath
Image 1: Emerging from squashed Carabid beetleImage 2: Emerging from squashed Carabid beetle (2)Image 3: In water - white backgroundImage 4: In water - white background (2)Image 5: In water - white background (3)Image 6: Close-up - in water - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Close-up - in water - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Close-up - in water - magnified - white background (2)Image 9: Close-up - in water - magnified - white background (3)Image 10: Close-up - in water - magnified - white background (4)Image 11: Close-up - in water - magnified - white background (5)Image 12: Close-up - in water - magnified - white background (6)Image 13: Emerging from squashed Carabid beetle - close-up - enlargedImage 14: Emerging from squashed Carabid beetle - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 15: Emerging from squashed Carabid beetle - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 16: Head - in water - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 17: Head - in water - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 18: Head - in water - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 19: In water - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 20: In water - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 21: In water - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)Image 22: In water - enlarged - white backgroundImage 23: Tail - in water - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 24: Tail - in water - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 25: Tail - in water - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 26: Tail - in water - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (4)Image 27: Tail - ventral view showing cloaca - magnifiedImage 28: Cuticle scalp - magnifiedImage 29: Cuticle scalp - magnified (2)Image 30: Cuticle scalp - highly magnifiedImage 31: Cuticle scalp - highly magnified (2)Image 32: Cuticle scalp - highly magnified (3)Image 33: Subcuticular criss-crossing fibres which produce moire patterns when cuticle mou - highly magnified

Gordionus violaceus (Faceted Hairworm) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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