Cretachordodes burmitis 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

Belongs to Cretachordodes according to G. Poinar and R. Buckley 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Burmese amber (Ron Buckley amber collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

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

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