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

NectonemaVerrill, 1879accepted 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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Nectonema agile Verrill, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101152

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-05-06 by Christopher B. Boyko

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