Family Anatonchidae

Revised 08/30/21

          Nematoda 
                   Enoplea

Dorylaimia

Mononchida

Mononchina

Anatonchoidea

Anatonchidae Jairajpuri, 1969
         

A family of nematode predators of other soil nematodes.

• Cuticle smooth
• Buccal cavity large, strongly sclerotized;.
• Three teeth in buccal cavity, one dorsal and two subventral; about equal size and usually retrorse, pointing backwards.
•  dorsal tooth in either posterior or anterior half of cavity, usually projected forward.
• Denticles and longitudinal ridges lacking.
• Tubercles present in esophago-intestinal region.

Ref: Andrassy (2009) Free-living Nematodes of Hungary. Vol. III. Hungarian Natural History Museum

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