WoRMS taxon details
Nectonema zealandica Poinar & Brockerhoff, 2001
412803 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:412803)
accepted
Species
marine
Poinar, G., Jr.; Brockerhoff, A.M. (2001). <i>Nectonema zealandica</i> n. sp. (Nematomorpha: Nectonematoidea) parasitising the purple rock crab <i>Hemigrapsus edwardsi</i> (Brachyura: Decapoda) in New Zealand, with notes on the prevalence of infection and host defence reactions. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 50(2): 149-157. [details] Available for editors 
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WoRMS (2025). Nectonema zealandica Poinar & Brockerhoff, 2001. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412803 on 2025-08-29
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Poinar, G., Jr.; Brockerhoff, A.M. (2001). <i>Nectonema zealandica</i> n. sp. (Nematomorpha: Nectonematoidea) parasitising the purple rock crab <i>Hemigrapsus edwardsi</i> (Brachyura: Decapoda) in New Zealand, with notes on the prevalence of infection and host defence reactions. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 50(2): 149-157. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Poinar, G. Jr. (2010). Phylum Nematomorpha: horsehair worms, hairworms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 494-500. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
