Family Comesomatidae

Revised 06/03/22

Nematoda

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Chromadorida

                               Chromadorina

Comesomatoidea

Comesomatidae Filipjev, 1918

A family of free-living marine nematodes.

• Marine nematodes from bottom sediments in deep ocean, shallow coastal areas and tidal flats.
• Ttransversely punctated cuticle in most species
• Multispiral amphids 
• Male spicules with apophyses
•  Tubular precloacal supplements in most species
• Female genitalia didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries outstretched.
• Marginal tubes present within the esophagu.
• Non‐sclerotized and enlarged tail tip.

Ref: Jensen, 1979.

 References:

Jensen, P. 1979. Revision of Comesomatidae. Zoologica Scripta https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1979.tb00621.x

Riera, R., Nunez, J., Brito, M.C. 2012.  Five new records of comesomatids (Nematoda, Chromadorida) from the Canary Islands.Rev. Acad. Canar. Cienc 24:39-50.

Sharma, J., Sun, L. Hope, W.D., Ferris, V. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of marine nematode family Comesomatidae. Journal of Nematology, 38:229-232.

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