Cretacimermis Explained

Cretacimermis is a collective group genus of fossil mermithid nematodes from the Cretaceous that cannot be placed in extant genera.^[1]

Species

Species:

• †Cretacimermis adelphe Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023
• †Cretacimermis aphidophilus Poinar, 2017^[2]
• †Cretacimermis calypta Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023
• †Cretacimermis cecidomyiae Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023
• †Cretacimermis chironomae Poinar, 2011^[1]
• †Cretacimermis cimicis Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023
• †Cretacimermis directa Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023
• †Cretacimermis incredibilis Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023
• †Cretacimermis libani (Poinar et al., 1994) Poinar, 2001 (=Heleidomermis libani Poinar et al., 1994)^[3]
• †Cretacimermis longa Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023
• †Cretacimermis manicapsoci Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023
• †Cretacimermis protus Poinar and Buckley, 2006^[4]
• †Cretacimermis psoci Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023

See also

• Heydenius

Notes and References

1. Book: Poinar, G. O.. 2011. Appendix I. Taxonomic descriptions of previously known and new fossil nematode taxa. The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As revealed in stone, amber and mummies. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives. 9. Brill Publishers. 10.1163/9789047428664_015. 9789004175211. 247–357.
2. G. O.. Poinar. 2017. A mermithid nematode, Cretacimermis aphidophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), parasitising an aphid (Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae) in Myanmar amber: a 100 million year association. Nematology. 19. 5. 509–513. 10.1163/15685411-00003063.
3. G. O.. Poinar. A.. Acra. F.. Acra. 1994. Earliest fossil nematode (Mermithidae) in cretaceous Lebanese amber. Fundamental and Applied Nematology. 17. 5. 475–477.
4. G. O.. Poinar. R.. Buckley. 2006. Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in early Cretaceous amber. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 93. 1. 36–41. 10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.006. 16737709.