Gordionus wolterstorffii (Camerano, 1888)
(Lined Hairworm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGordionus wolterstorffii (Lined Hairworm)
GenusGordionus (a genus of hairworms)
FamilyCHORDODIDAE (Gordian or horsehair worms)
OrderGORDIOIDEA (Gordian or horsehair worms)
ClassGORDIOIDA (a class of hairworms)
ClassNEMATOMORPHA (Gordian or horsehair worms)
PhylumCEPHALORHYNCHA (priapulids, mud dragons and horsehair worms)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cham S.A., Seymour M.K., Hooper D.J. 1983 Observations on a British hairworm, Parachordodes wolterstorffii (Nematomorpha: Gordiidae) J. Zool. London 199: 275-285.
de Villalobos L.C., Ribera, I, Bilton, D.T. 2001 First data of Iberian Nematomorpha, with redescription of Gordius aquaticus Linnaeus, G. plicatulus Heinze, Gordionus wolterstorffii (Camerano) and Paragordius tricuspidatus (Dufour) Contributions to Zoology 70(2).

Gordionus wolterstorffii (Lined Hairworm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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