Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematomorpha > Class Gordioida > Order Nectonematida > Family Nectonematidae > Genus Nectonema

Nectonema agile Verrill, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nectonema*	Verrill, 1879	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nectonema agilis*	Verrill, 1879	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: hair worm

Literature

basis of record	Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 159-160
additional source	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.