Family Cobbonchidae

                                 Revised 01/09/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

                   Enoplea

Dorylaimia

Mononchida

Mononchina

Mononchoidea

Cobbonchidae Chitwood, 1937

A family of predaceous soil nematodes. Specialized predators of other nematodes.


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References

Andrassy, I. 1958. Uber das System der Mononschiden (Mononchidae Chitwood, 1937; Nematoda).  Ann. Hisat-Nat, Musei Nationalis Hungarica 50:153-169.

Jairajpuri, M.S. and Khan, W.U. 1982. Predatory Nematodes (Mononchida). Associated Publishing, New Delhi 131p.

Mulvey, R.H. 1978. Predaceous nematodes of the family Mononchidae from the Mackenzie and Porcupine river systems and Somerset Island, N.W.T., Canada. Can J. Zool. 56: 1847-1868.

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