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Order of roundworms

Enoplida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Subclass: Enoplia
Order: Enoplida
Filipjev, 1929
Families

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Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.

These nematodes are mostly free-living marine animals. Most feed on diatoms and other algaes.

Subdivisions

Upon phylogenetic analysis in 2010, the order was divided into five clades. Clades and selected families include:

The World Register of Marine Species shows the following suborders within Enoplida:

References

  1. ^ Class Enoplea. Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.
  2. Phylum Nematoda. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
  3. ^ Bik, H. M.; et al. (2010). "Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades". BMC Evol. Biol. 10: 353. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-353. PMC 2995457. PMID 21073704.
  4. "Enoplida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

Bibliography

  • Blaxter, Mark L.; De Ley, Paul; Garey, James R.; Liu, Leo X.; Scheldeman, Patsy; Vierstraete, Andy; Vanfleteren, Jacques R.; Mackey, Laura Y.; Dorris, Mark; Frisse, Linda M.; Vida, J. T.; Thomas, W. Kelley (5 March 1998). "A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda". Nature. 392 (6671): 71–75. doi:10.1038/32160. PMID 9510248. S2CID 4301939.
  • Lee, Donald L, ed. (2010). The biology of nematodes. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0415272117. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
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Enoplida


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