Family Creagrocercidae

Revised 02/10/22

Chromadorea
    Chromadoria
        Plectida
            Plectina
Leptolaimoidea

     Craeagrocercidae Baylis, 1943

A rare family of nematodes that includes (so far, exclusively) parasites of earthworms (Ivanova and Spiridonov, 2011).

Classified by some authorities in the Drilonematoidea of the Rhabditida however, molecular analyses suggest relatedness to Leptolaimoidea.

Ref: Ivanova and Spiridonov, 2011.
                
         

References

Baylis, H.A. 1943. Some nematode parasites of earthworms from the Indo-Malay region. Parasitology 35:112-127.

Ivanova, E.S. and Spiridonov, S.E. 2011. Two new species of creagrocercid nematodes parasitic in earthworms, with comments on the phylogenetic affiliations of the Creagrocercidae Baylis, 1943. Syatematic Parsitology 78:81-94.

Spiridonov, S. E. 2001.. Parasitic organisms from tropical earthworms deposited in the Royal Museum of Central Africa. Annales. Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale. Tervuren. Sciences Zoologiques, 285:19-27.

 

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