Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Dorylaimia > Order Mermithida > Suborder Mermithina > Superfamily Mermithoidea

Mermithidae Braun, 1883

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Agamermis Cobb, Steiner & Christie, 1923
Amphimermis Kaburaki & Imamura, 1932
Hexamermis Steiner, 1924
Melolonthimermis Artyukhovsky, 1963
Mermis Dujardin, 1845
Oesophagomermis Artyukhovsky, 1969
Pheromermis Poinar, Lane & Thomas, 1976
Psammomermis Polozhentsev, 1941
Tunicamermis Schuurmans Stekhoven, Mawson & Couturier, 1955
Utriculimermis Kaiser & Deixelberger, 2001

Literature

taxonomy source	Rubzov, I.A. (1974). Aquatic Mermithidae. P. 2. Nauka, Leningrad. 222 pp.
taxonomy source	De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653.
taxonomy source	Rubzov, I.A. (1978). Mermithidae: Classification, significance and utilization. Nauka. 207 pp.
taxonomy source	Khartschenko, N.A. (2010). Mermithids – internal parasites of invertebrate animals. Voronezh, 476 pp [in Russian].
taxonomy source	Rubzov, I.A. (1972). Aquatic Mermithidae. P. 1. Nauka, Leningrad. 254 pp.
taxonomy source	Gafurov, A.K. (1996). Mermithids (systematics, biology, phylogeny, practical importance). Dushanbe [in Russian].

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Mermithidae Braun, 1883. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391379

Dr. David Gibson. Mermithidae Braun, 1883. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/736e0038-a5ff-44f7-9151-b8a5414971ca