Family Chromadoridae
Revised
11/26/22
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Chromadorida
Chromadorina
Chromadoroidea
- Chromadoridae Filipjev,
1917
- Chromadorinae Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
Type genus of the subfamily: Euchromadora de
Man, 1886
A subfamily of free-living marine nematodes
- Cuticle with complex heterogeneous ornamentation along body, often with
differentiation in lateral fields,
- Six outer labial and four cephalic setae may be in a single circle
- Amphid apertures slit-like or oval, posterior to cephalic setae
- Buccal cavity with large dorsal tooth and with or without denticles or
smaller subventral teeth.
- Esophagus usually with or without posterior bulb.
- Male gubernaculum with lateral pieces
- Ptecloacal supplements absent.
- Mainly marine nematodes.
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Reference:s
Andrássy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary
I. Hungarian Natural History Museum.
Tchesunov, A.V. 2013. 7.12 Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter,
W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2:
Nematoda