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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Ironina

                Ironoidea

                     Leptosomatidae

Leptosomatinae

Leptosomella  Filipjev, 1927

    Type species of the genus: Leptosomella acrocerca Filipjev, 1927

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes. 

Listed in the oceans of the former Soviet Union (Platanova and  Galtsova, 1976).

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References:

Bongers, T. 1984. Revision of the genus Leptosomatides Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda: Enoplida). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 97: 12�29.

Platonova, T. A. 1967. Free-living marine nematodes of the family Leptosomatidae from the European Arctic [Svobodnozhivushchie Morskie Nematody Semeistva Leptosomatidae Evropeiskoi Arktiki]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 46: 828-839.

Platonova, T.A. and Galtsova, V.V. 1976. Nematodes and their Role in the Meiobenthos. Studies on Marine Fauna Vol XV(XXIII) Academy of Sciences USSR, Nauka, Leningrad,  Translated 1985, Smithsonian Institute.

Smol, N., Muthumbi, A., Sharma, J. 2014. Order Enoplida, 7.3. In Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed) Handbook of Zoology. De Gruyter, Berlin

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Revised: January 16, 2025.