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Angiostrongyliasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Angiostrongyliasis.htm
Information on the nematode, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which can cause meningitis, and diagrams and information on its life cycle.

Anguillicola crassus - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguillicola_crassus
Information from Wikipedia on this nematode that lives in the swimbladders of eels, and the life cycle of the parasite.

Anisakiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Anisakiasis.htm
Information on the nematodes, Anisakis simplex and Pseudoterranova decipiens, which can infect humans who eat raw fish, with diagrams and information on their life cycle.

Anisakis simplex - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/nelson_rac3
Research project on this marine parasitic nematode by Rachel Nelson at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

Biology and Epidemiology of Filarial Nematodes - http://www.nematodes.org/fgn/pnb/filbio.html
Introduces a number of human and animal parasites and gives information on their distribution, life cycles and pathology.

Caenorhabditis elegans Movies - http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/goldstein/lab/movies.html
Links to films showing the growth and development of C. elegans from researchers worldwide, housed in the laboratory of Bob Goldstein at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Cephalobus: Roundworm - http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/cephalobus.html
Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, behavior and anatomy of this soil-dwelling nematode.

Chromadoroidea Key - http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode/marine_nematodes.htm
Provides an illustrated key to the genera of free-living marine nematodes in this superfamily.

Dirofilaria immitis - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/eddy_greg
Greg Eddy provides information on the Dog Heartworm, its classification, adaptation, habitat, nutrition, reproduction and interaction with its host.

Dirofilaria immitis - http://www.nematodes.org/fgn/pnb/diro.html
Information on the biology and pathology of the dog heartworm.

Ditylenchus destructor - http://www.agroatlas.spb.ru/pests/Ditylenchus_destructor_en.htm
Illustration and description of the Potato Rot Nematode, its biology, distribution within the former USSR, ecology and economic significance.

Dracunculiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Dracunculiasis.htm
Information on the nematode Dracunculus medinensis which can infect humans and cause guinea worm disease, with a diagram and information on its life cycle.

Dynamic Development - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~browder/virtualembryo/worms.html
Embryonic development is described with links to illustrated movies.

Entomopathogenic nematode - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_nematode
Information from Wikipedia on these roundworms that are lethal insect parasitoids, and some of which are used in the biological control of insect populations.

Gnathostomiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Gnathostomiasis.htm
Information on the nematodes Gnathostoma spinigerum and Gnathostoma hispidum which can infect vertebrates, with a diagram and information on their life cycle.

Hammerschmidtiella diesingi - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct05/wdparasite5.html
Photographic study by Walter Dioni on this and other nematodes found living in a cockroach with many detailed images.

Heartworm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartworm
Information from Wikipedia on this parasitic nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, which is spread by mosquitoes.

Helminth Taxonomy: Phylum Nematoda - http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/helminth_taxonomy/taxonomy_nematoda.html
The Schistosomiasis Research Group at Cambridge University provides information on the classification and taxonomy of nematodes, their lifecycles and some important parasitic groups.

Hookworm - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Hookworm.htm
Information on the nematodes Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus which can invade and parasatize humans, and a diagram and information on their life cycle.

http://binema.mnhn.fr/ - http://binema.mnhn.fr/
Biodiversity and Immunology of Nematodes. The Binema team is part of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, France. Its research focuses on nematode parasites of vertebrates.

Longevity and Ageing in Parasitic and Free-living Nematodes - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbtdag/Gems_2000.pdf
Paper by David Gems examining the great variability in ageing patterns observed in different nematode species.

Mactode Publications - http://www.mactode.com/
Offers educational resources on CD-ROM about nematodes, plant-parasitic insects, and disease-causing fungi.

Max Planck Institute for Biotechnology - http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/departments/4-evolutionary-biology/adrian-streit/nematode-development
The Streit Lab studies spatiotemporal control of homeotic genes in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Migratory Nematodes - http://www.bayercropscience.co.uk/pdfs/NematodesGuide.pdf
Information on the plant parasitic nematodes that can move through the soil between feeding bouts and how to manage them.

Nematode Examples - http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/general_parasitology/parasitology_nematode_examples.html
Information on roundworms that infect humans, Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichinella spiralis, Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale, their morphology, life cycle and the pathology of the infections caused.

Nematode Species List - http://nematode.unl.edu/masterlist.htm
Nematodes listed alphabetically by genera.

Nematodes of the Northern Great Plains - http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/plntpath/nematode/ngphp.htm
Descriptions and photographs of the nematodes of the United States prairies.

Nematodes: Basic Lifecycle - http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/general_parasitology/parasitology_nematode_lifecycle.html
University of Cambridge Schistosomiasis Research Group provides information on the common features of this large and diverse group.

Parasitic Nematodes Home Page - http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/plntpath/nematode/wormhome.htm
This is the home page of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Nematology Department, and is concerned with plant and insect parasitic nematodes.

Phylum Nematoda - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/nematoda.html
Bilaterally symmetrical, worm-like organisms.

Phylum Nematoda - http://orion1.paisley.ac.uk/courses/Tatner/biomedia/units/mino8.htm
An introduction to the roundworms, from the Biological Sciences course at the University of Paisley.

Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes - http://nematode.unl.edu/
A mass of information on nematodes, their study, surveys, agricultural issues, identification and systematics.

Society of Nematologists - http://www.nematologists.org/
An international organization formed to advance the science of Nematology.

Soil Inhabiting Nematodes - http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode/soil_nematode.htm
Introduction to soil nematodes, their classification, feeding habits, place in the community and function in the decomposition process, with an anatomical diagram of a typical plant parasitic species.

Strongyloidiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Strongyloidiasis.htm
Information on the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis which can infect humans, and a diagram and information on its complex life cycle.

Trichinella spiralis - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/maiers_andr
Research project by Andrew Maiers at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

Trypanosomiasis, American - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/TrypanosomiasisAmerican.htm
Information on Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas disease which is transmitted by blood-sucking triatomine bugs, with diagrams and information on the life cycle of the parasite.

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