Mermis

Mermis
	Mermis nigrescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Enoplea
Order:	Mermithida
Family:	Mermithidae
Genus:	Mermis; Dujardin, 1842
Type species
	Mermis nigrescens; Dujardin, 1842

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Mermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.^[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species

At least 11 species currently belong to the genus:^[2]

Mermis athysanota Steiner, 1921
Mermis changodudus Poinar, Rémillet & Van Waerebeke, 1978
Mermis gigantea Artyukovsky & Lisikova, 1977
Mermis kenyensis Baylis, 1944
Mermis mirabilis von Linstow, 1903
Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, 1842
Mermis papillus Gafurov, 1982
Mermis paranigrescens Rubzov, 1976
Mermis quirindiensis Baker & Poinar, 1986
Mermis savaiiensis Orton Williams, 1984
Mermis xianensis Xu & Bao, 1995

References

^ ^a ^b "Mermis Dujardin, 1842". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
^ Presswell, B.; Evans, S.; Poulin, R.; Jorge, F. (2015). "Morphological and molecular characterization of Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing the introduced European earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in New Zealand" (PDF). Journal of Helminthology. 89 (3): 267–276. doi:10.1017/S0022149X14000017. PMID 24503193.

[GBIF-1] "Mermis Dujardin, 1842". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

[2] Presswell, B.; Evans, S.; Poulin, R.; Jorge, F. (2015). "Morphological and molecular characterization of Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing the introduced European earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in New Zealand" (PDF). Journal of Helminthology. 89 (3): 267–276. doi:10.1017/S0022149X14000017. PMID 24503193.

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