Family Camacolaimidae
Revised 12/05/22
Plectida
Plectina
Comacolaimoidea Micoletzky, 1924
Camacolaimidae Micoletzky, 1924
A family of marine nematodes that includes free-living epistrate-feeding forms and predators or parasites of protozoa, polychaetes and other marine invertebrates (Ahmad et al., 2021)..
Ahmad, M., Adedidran, F., Holovachov, O. 2021. A draft transcriptome of a parasite Neocamacolaimus parasiticus (Camacolaimidae, Plectida). J. Nematology 53-e2021-40.
Holovachov, O. and Bostrom, S. 2004. Morphology and systematics of the superfamilies Leptolaimoidea Örley, 1880 and Camacolaimoidea Micoletzky, 1924 (Nematoda: Plectida). J. Nematode Morphology and Systematics 7:1-49.
Urkmez, D. and Brennan, M.L. 2013. A new species of Halaphanolaimus (Nematoda: Leptolaimidae) from the southern Black Sea (Turkey) with a modified key for species identification. Zootaxa 3691:220-228.