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obligate parasites of the coleom of annelids and of molluscs.
Most species have been described from megascolecid earthworms from South-East Asia, with only a few being reported from Africa and North America.
Families:
Yeates, G.W., Spiridonov, S.E. 1996. New nematodes of the families Drilonematidae, Ungellidae, and Mesidionematidae from New Zealand megascolecid earthworms, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 23:4, 381-399, DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518098
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