Vermeology (from Latin vermes, worms) is the field of biology dedicated to the study of worms.[1] A person who studies vermeology is referred to as a vermeologist.
The umbrella term "vermeology" has fallen out of common use, as the animals known as worms belong to multiple phyla that are not closely related. Subfields of vermeology include nematology, the study of nematodes, oligochaetology[2] (also called lumbricology[3]), the study of earthworms, and helminthology,[4] which focuses on parasitic worms, also known as helminths. The field of malacology was also historically included within vermeology.
Works
editThe final book that Charles Darwin published in his lifetime focused on bioturbation by earthworms.
References
edit- ^ Hall, William Henry (1789). "Vermeology". The New Royal Encyclopaedia; or, Complete Modern Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences, on a New and Improved Plan in which All the Respective Sciences, are Arranged into Complete Systems, and the Arts Digested into Distinct Treatises. Vol. III. London. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ Pavlíček, Tomáš; Csuzdi, Csaba; Szederjesi, Tímea (2023-03-15). "Ibrahim Mete Misirlioǧlu (1972–2021), the father of Oligochaetology in Turkey". Zootaxa. 5255 (1): 7–9. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 37045274.
- ^ Reynolds, J.F. (1995-02-22). "The Status of Exotic Earthworm Systematics and Biogeography in North America". In Hendrix, Paul F. (ed.). Ecology and Biogeography of Earthworms in North America. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishing. pp. 1–27. ISBN 978-1566700535.
- ^ Kassai, Tibor (1999). Veterinary helminthology. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-7506-3563-9.
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