| mermithid parasitism of hawaiian tetragnatha spiders in a fragmented landscape. | hawaiian tetragnatha spiders inhabiting small forest fragments on the big island of hawaii are parasitized by mermithid nematodes. this is the first report of mermithid nematodes infecting spiders in hawaii, and an initial attempt to characterize this host-parasite interaction. because immature mermithids were not morphologically identifiable, a molecular identification was performed. a phylogenetic analysis based on 18s small ribosomal subunit nuclear gene sequences suggested that hawaiian spid ... | 2003 | 14615222 |