BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
NEMATOMORPHA
(Gordian or horsehair worms)
GORDIOIDEA
(Gordian or horsehair worms)
CHORDODIDAE
(Gordian or horsehair worms)
Gordionus
(a genus of hairworms)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Gordionus (a genus of hairworms)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Species Gordionus violaceus (Baird, 1853) (Faceted Hairworm) 12 15 6  
Species Gordionus wolterstorffii (Camerano, 1888) (Lined Hairworm)       2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

de Villalobos C, Ribera I, Downie S., 1999 Hairworms found in Scottish agricultural land, with descriptions of two new species of Gordionus Muller (Nematomorpha: Gordiidae)

Gordionus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 NEMATOMORPHA
(Gordian or horsehair worms)
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