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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Enoplina

                Enoploidea

                   Anticomidae

Cephalanticoma Platonova & Galtsova, 1976

Type species of the genus: Anticoma chitwoodi Inglis, 1964

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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References:

Huang, Y. and Zhang, Z. 2007. One new species of free-living marine nematodes (Enoplida,Anticomidae, Cephalanticoma) from the Huanghai Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 26:84-89.

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.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 06, 2026.