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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Ironina

                Ironoidea

                     Leptosomatidae

Platycominae

Platycoma  Cobb, 1894

Type species of the genus: Platycoma cephalata Cobb, 1894

    Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Stoma small with three small teeth anteriorly.
• Inner labial sensilla papilliform, outer labial and cephalic sensilla setiform and in one circle.

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Platycoma

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Cobb, N. A. 1894. Tricoma and other new nematode genera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 2nd Series 8: 389-421.

Filipjev, I.N. 1927. Les nematodes libres des mers septentrionales apartenant a la famille des Enoplidae. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 91(6): 1-126.

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

Platonova, T.A., 1976. Lower Enoplida (free-living marine nematodes) of the seas of the USSR (in Russian). Issledovaniya Fauny Morei (Nematody i ikh rol v meiobentose) 15:3-164.

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.

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Revised: July 24, 2025.