Cretachordodes Poinar and Buckley 2006

Gordioidea - Chordodidae

Full reference: G. Poinar and R. Buckley. 2006. Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in Early Cretaceous amber. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 93:36-41

Parent taxon: Chordodidae according to G. Poinar and R. Buckley 2006

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Cretachordodes burmitis

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Type: Cretachordodes burmitis

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Ron Buckley amber collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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