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Nematomorpha

Taxonomy
Nematomorpha was named by Vejdovsky (1886). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nematozoa by Zrzavy et al. (1998), Edgecombe et al. (2011); and to Nematoidea by Nielsen (2012), Zhang et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Nematomorpha Vejdovsky
1998Nematomorpha Zrzavy et al.
2011Nematomorpha Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1
2012Nematomorpha Nielsen p. 286 figs. Fig. 47.3
2015Nematomorpha Zhang et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
RankNameAuthor
CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
Nematoidea
phylumNematomorphaVejdovsky 1886
phylumNematomorphaVejdovsky 1886

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ph. Nematomorpha Vejdovsky 1886
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Superfm. Gordioidea Rauther 1930
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Fm. Chordodidae May 1919
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G. †Cretachordodes Poinar and Buckley 2006
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Cretachordodes burmitis Poinar and Buckley 2006
G. Gordius Linnaeus 1758
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Gordius tenuifibrosus Voigt 1938
Invalid names: Gordiacea [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsp
Locomotion: slow-movingp
Life habit: shallow infaunalp
Diet: deposit feederp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Shallow infaunal, fully motile slow, mining/predator according to Bambach et al (2007).p
Created: 2009-09-21 12:59:50
Modified: 2010-06-04 10:49:01
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 100.50000 to 37.71000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Cretachordodes burmitis (123429)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Gordius tenuifibrosus (197509)