order

Mermithida

Field notes

Mermithida is an order of nematode worms. The order includes two families, and most members are endoparasites on arthropods. One of the morphological characteristics of the order is the presence of a stichosome.

Children

Mosquito-parasiting Nematodes

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided