NEMATODA
(roundworms, eelworms or nematodes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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ID refs
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Class 4 subtaxa 17 images 4 ident. refs
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Species 7 images
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Unidentified 1 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumNEMATODA (roundworms, eelworms or nematodes)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Tarjan, A.C., Esser, R.P. & Chang, S.L. 1977 An Illustrated Key to Nematodes Found in Fresh Water J. Water Pollution Cont. Fed. Vol 49(11): 2318-2337.
UNL Nematology Lab Interactive Diagnostic Key to Plant Parasitic, Freeliving and Predaceous Nematodes nematode.unl.edu/key/nemakey.htm

Free-living

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Goodey, T. 1963 Soil and Freshwater Nematodes 2nd edition, 389pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Free-living/Marine

Platt, H.M. & Warwick, R.M. 1988 Free Living Marine Nematodes Part II British Chromadorids Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 38, The Linnean Society of London
Platt, H.M. & Warwick, R.M. 1983 Free Living Marine Nematodes Part I: British Enoplids Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 28, The Linnean Society of London

Free-living

Warwick, R.M., Platt, H.M. & Somerfield, P.J. 1998 Free Living British Nematodes, Part 3: Monohysterids Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 53, Field Studies Council

Freshwater

Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

Marine Planktonic Forms And Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

Parasites

Anon. Key to the parasites of British freshwater fish new.freshwaterlife.org/web/guest/parasite-key
() Avery, R.A. 1974 Identification of Animal Parasites Hulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Plant Galls

() Darlington, A. 1968 A Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in colour Blandford Press
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2011 British Plant Galls AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2002 *** British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi ***(Superseded) AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
() Stubbs, F.B. (Editor) 1986 *** Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls ***(Superseded) 95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Plant Parasites

() Anderson, R.V. & Mulvey, R.H. 1979 Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Canada 158pp, Entomological Society of Canada
Southey, J.F. (ed) 1965 Plant Nematology Technical Bulletin, No. 7, 2nd edition, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

NEMATODA (roundworms, eelworms or nematodes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NEMATODA (roundworms, eelworms or nematodes)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 422 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NEMATODA (roundworms, eelworms or nematodes)
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