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Mermithoidea

Known as: Mermithid, Mermithids, Mermithoideas 
A superfamily of nematodes of the order ENOPLIDA. Characteristics include a reduced alimentary tract and the presence of a trophosome. Its organisms… 
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2002
2002
Inequalities in size and intensity-dependent growth in a mermithid nematode parasitic in beach hoppers
Abstract Inequality in body sizes is a common feature in populations of helminth parasites, with potential consequences for egg… 
2001
2001
Small-scale spatial heterogeneity in infection levels by symbionts of the amphipod Talorchestia quoyana (Talitridae)
The beach hopper amphipod Talorchestia quoyana is not distributed homogeneously in its sandy beach habitat, but instead occurs in… 
1986
1986
Strelkovimermis spiculatus n. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda) Parasitizing Aedes albifasciatus Mac. (Culicidae: Diptera) in Argentina.
Strelkovimermis spiculatus n. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda), a parasite of the mosquito Aedes albifasciatus Mac. in Argentina, is… 
Review
1981
Review
1981
Mermithid Nematodes: Physiological Relationships with their Insect Hosts.
This paper assesses our state of knowledge of physiological processes involved in the relationships between insects and their… 
1976
1976
Experimental release of a mermithid nematode to control floodwater mosquitoes in Louisiana.
1975
1975
Observations on filarial infections and parous rates of anthropophilic blackflies in Guatemala, with reference to the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus.
In Guatemala, in areas of different onchocerciasis endemicity and outside the endemic zone, the main anthropophilic blackfly… 
1973
1973
Mermithid parasitism, protein turnover and vitellogenesis in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria Forskåi.
1972
1972
Factor affecting sex ratios of a mermithid parasite of mosquitoes.
The ratio of male to female Reesimermis nielseni Tsai and Grundmann, a nematode parasite of mosquito larvae, increased as the… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Ultrastructure of the formation of a melanotic capsule in Diabrotica (Coleoptera) in response to a parasitic nematode (Mermithidae).
1968
1968
The bionomics of a mermithid nematode of larval mosquitoes in southwestern Louisiana.
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