Family Cyatholaimidae

Revised 07/13/24

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Cyatholaimidae Filipjev, 1918  (also sometimes attributed to Micoletsky, 1922)

Five subfamilies, generally differentiated by arrangement of anterior sensilla, armament of the stoma, form of the cuticular ornamentation, presence or absence of pre-cloacal supplements and general morphology:

Cyatholaiminae Filipjev, 1918

Nyctonematinae Bussau, 1993

Paracanthonchinae Deconinck, 1965

Pomponematinae Gerlach & Riemann, 1973

Xenocyatholaiminae Gerlach & Riemann, 1973

 References:

Bongers, T. De Nematoden van Nederland.

Datta, T.K., Miljutin, D.M., Chakraborty, S.M. Mohapatra, A. 2016. Cyathoshiva amaleshi gen. n. sp. n. (Nematoda: Cyatholaimidae) from the coast of India. Zootaxa 4126:577-586.

Goodey, T and J.B. Goodey, 1963. Soil and Freshwater Nematodes. Methuen. London

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