Nematoda

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

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

Binema - 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.
http://binema.mnhn.fr/

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

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

Hookworm - 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://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Hookworm.htm

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

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

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

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

Soil Inhabiting Nematodes - 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.
http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/nematode/soil_nematode.htm

Predatory Nematode: Mononchus - Photographs and information on these non-parasitic organisms.
http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/predatory_nematode.htm

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

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

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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_nematode

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

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

Brainworm Nematode: Parelaphostrongylus tenuis - Photographs and information on this parasitic organism and its life cycle.
http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/brainworm_nematode.htm

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

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

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

Nematode Examples - 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.
http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/general_parasitology/parasitology_nematode_examples.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Big Red Worm - Photographs and information on these parasitic organisms, Eustrongylides ignotus and Eustrogylides tubifex.
http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/the_big_red_worm.htm

Caenorhabditis elegans Movies - 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.
http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/goldstein/lab/movies.html

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

Anisakiasis - 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.
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Anisakiasis.htm

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

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

Trypanosomiasis, American - 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.
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/TrypanosomiasisAmerican.htm