Rev: 09/02/2024
Type species of the genus: Hypodontolaimus inaequalis (Bastian, 1865) de Man, 1886
Synonyms:
Iotadorus Cobb, 1920
Ptycholaimellus Cobb, 1920
The genus can be separated into two groups., one in which males have supplements, the other in which males lack supplements (Andrassy and Gibson, 2006; Pinto and Neres, 2020)
One group with supplements, the other without
Brackish water and marine habitats.
The genuss is distributed globally; all species are marine inhabitants, inhabiting brackish waters of coastal regions to depths of the oceans. The representatives of the genus can be divided in two distinct groups. The Wrst group consists
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Goodey, T and J.B. Goodey, 1963. Soil and Freshwater Nematodes. Methuen. London
Muthumbi, A.W., Vincx, M. 1998. Chromadoridae (Chromadorida: Nematoda) from the Indian Ocean: Description of new and known species. Hydrobiologia 364:119-153.
Pinto, T.K. and Neres, P.F. 2020. Four new species of free-living nematodes from shallow continental shelf of Portugal. Zootaxa 4722 (1): 001-033.