Family Aponchiidae

                                 Revised 01/21/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea  

                 Subclass Chromadoria
                 Order  Microlaimida

Suborder Microlaimina

Superfamily Microlaimoidea

                 Aponchiidae Gerlach, 1963

Type genus of the family: Aponchium Cobb, 1920

A family of free-living marine nematodes.


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References

Leduc, D., Verdon, V., Zhao, Z.Q. 2017. Phylogenetic position of the Paramicrolaimidae, description of a new Paramicrolaimus species and erection of a new order to accommodate the Microlaimoidea (Nematoda: Chromadorea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 20:1-18

Tchesunov. A.V. 2013. 7.13 Order Desmodorida de Coninck, 1965 In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter, W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2: Nematoda

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