Rev: 10/30/2024
Type species of the genus: Zalonema nudum Cobb, 1920
Synonyms:
Heterodesmodora Micoletzky, 1924
Females:
Ref: Verschelde and Vinck, 1996: Tchesunov, 2014; Gharahkhani et al., 2021.
Probably epistrate feeders
Marine nematodes, free-lving.
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Larrazabal-Filho, A.L., Da Silva, M.C., Esteves, A.M. 2015. Four new species of free-living marine nematodes of the family Desmodoridae (Nematoda: esmodorida) and a redescription of Desmodora nini (Inglis, 1963) from the continental shelf off northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4021, 63-92. DOI: 10. 11646/zootaxa.4021.1.3
Tchesunov, A.V. 2014. Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). Handbook of zoology, Gastrotricha, Cyclioneuralia and Gnathifera. Volume 2: Nematoda. Hamburg, Germany, De Gruyter, pp. 374-434.
Verschelde, D. and Vincx, M. 1996. Four new species of the family Desmodoridae (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea) from Kenya. Zoologica Scripta 25, 1-20. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463- 6409.1996.tb00148.x