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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.
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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