ديدان شعرية

الديدان شعرية بالإنگليزية: Nematomorpha هي رتبة من الطفيليات الحيوانية والتي تشبه شكليا وبيئيا الديدان الاسطوانية.

Spinochordodes tellinii and its katydid host

المصادر

Baker GL, Capinera JL (1997). "Nematodes and nematomorphs as control agents of grasshoppers and locusts". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 171: 157–211.
Poinar GO Jr (1991). "Nematoda and Nematomorpha". In Thorp JH, Covich AP (ed.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. pp. 249–283.
Thorne G (1940). "The hairworm, Gordius robustus Leidy, as a parasite of the Mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex Haldeman". Journal of the Washington Academy of Science. 30: 219–231.

Nematomorpha Biodiversity Project website. Provides pictures, life cycle information and searchable databases.
horsehair worms on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

Videos of a cricket infected with a Gordian worm with the worm emerging to mate, as well as emerging from predators that have eaten the infected cricket. From Nature, April 2006.
Nematomorph worm at YouTube — explains the proteome research done on this worm
The cricket suicide (video)