Rev. 03/09/2024
Class Enoplea Inglis, 1983Sub-class: Enoplia Pearse, 1942
Order 2. Triplonchida - movable tooth. Trichodoridae are plant parasites and vectors of plant viruses.a) soil inhabitants, rarely freshwater.
Sub-class: Dorylaimia (from Greek - "spike throat")
Order 1. Dorylaimida - movable mural tooth or hollow spear. All soil or freshwater inhabitants, no marine. Longidoridae are plant parasites and vectors of plant viruses.
Sub-order Dorylaimina
a) Stoma with odontostyle
Superfamily 1: Dorylaimoidea
Superfamily 2: Belondiroidea
Superfamily 3: Tylencholaimoidea
Sub-order Nygolaimia (from Greek - "pricking throat")
b) Stoma with grooved subventral tooth
Superfaimly 1: Nygolaimoidea
Order 2. Mermithida multiple glandular esophagus - stichosome- invertebrate parasites, e.g., Mermis, Romanomermis.
Sub-order Mermithina
Superfamily 1: Mermithoidea
Order 3. Mononchida - strong, cuticularized stoma, predaceous and cannibalistic. Soil and freshwater, no marine.
Sub-order Bathyodontina
Superfamily 1: Cryptononchoide
Superfamily 2: Mononchuloidea
Sub-order Mononchina
Superfamily 1: Anatonchoidea
Superfamily 2: Mononchoidea
Order 4. Dioctophymatida - parasites of birds and mammals; intermediate hosts are oligochaetes or both oligochaetes and fish
Sub-order Dioctophymatina
Superfamily 1: Dioctophymatoidea
Order 5. Trichinellida - multiple glandular esophagus - stichosome- vertebrate parasites, e.g., Trichinella spiralis (trichinosis) Trichuris (whip worm)
Sub-order Trichinellina
Superfamily 1: Trichinelloidea
Order 6. Isolaimiida- long and slender, soil inhabitants, probably bacterivores
Sub-order Isolaimii009)na
Superfamily 1: Isolaimioidea
Order 7. Muspiceida - parasites of mammals e.g. Lukonema, parasite of bats.
Sub-order Muspiceina
Superfamily 1: Muspiceoidea
Order 8. Marimermithida - parasites of deep-sea bottom-dwelling invertebrates.
Sub-order Marimerthina
Superfamily 1: Marimermithoidea -