''Paragordius'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family
Chordodidae
Chordodidae is a family of parasitic horsehair worms belonging to the order Gordioidea; its taxonomy is under review.
Genera
Two subfamilies are currently recognised; unless referenced otherwise, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility inc ...
.
It was independently described by both
Lorenzo Camerano
Lorenzo Camerano (9 April 1856 Biella – 22 November 1917 Turin) was an Italian herpetologist and entomologist.
Born in Biella in 1856 he studied in Bologna and Torino, where he settled in order to take, between 1871 and 1873, a painting course ...
in 1897 and
Thomas Harrison Montgomery Jr. in 1898, though both authors gave the genus the same name.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
,
although most species are known from the
Afrotropic
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
and
Neotropic
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
regions.
Females of the genus are notable for having three posterior lobes, while males have long tail lobes, allowing ''Paragordius'' species to be readily identified.
Species:
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Paragordius amicus
''Paragordius'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Chordodidae. It was independently described by both Lorenzo Camerano in 1897 and Thomas Harrison Montgomery Jr. in 1898, though both authors gave the genus the same name.
The genus has ...
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Paragordius andreasii''
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Paragordius areolatus''
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Paragordius cinctus''
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Paragordius dartevallei''
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Paragordius diversolobatus''
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Paragordius emeryi''
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Paragordius esavianus''
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Paragordius flavescens''
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Paragordius laurae''
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Paragordius marlieri''
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Paragordius minusculus''
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Paragordius mulungensis''
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Paragordius obamai''
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Paragordius somaliensis''
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Paragordius stylosus''
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Paragordius tanganikensis''
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Paragordius tricuspidatus
''Paragordius tricuspidatus'' is a species of parasitic worm that affects the cricket ''Nemobius sylvestris''. In its larval stage, the worm is microscopic, but grows into a large worm () inside its host after accidental ingestion since their eg ...
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Paragordius varius''
References
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Nematomorpha