Family Chrysonematidae
Revised 09/23/21
Enoplia
Dorylaimida
Chrysonematidae Siddiqi, 1969
Family sometimes coalesced with Crateronematidae
A family of nematodes inhabiting wet soil and freshwater environments; freshwater bottom sediments and aquatic plants..
Andrássy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.
Siddiqi, M.R. 1969. Crateronema n. gen. (Crateronematidae n. fam.), Poronemella n. gen. (Lordellonematinae n. sub-fam.) and Chrysonemoides n. gen. (Chrysonematidae n. fam. ), With a Revised Classification of Dorylaimoidea (Nematoda). Nematology 15:81-100.
Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S.
Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline
for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.