Subfamily Harpagonchinae
Revised
11/26/22
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Chromadorida
Chromadorina
Chromadoroidea
- Chromadoridae Filipjev,
1917
- Harpagonchinae Platanova & Potin, 1972
Type genus of the subfamily: Harpagonchus
Platanova & Potin, 1972
A subfamily of marine nematodes that are ectosymbionts of Polychaeta.
- Cuticle with homogeneous punctation without lateral field areas.
- Six outer labial setae
- Buccal cavity with movable triangle-shaped mandibles with anterior solid
hooks.
- Esophagus usually widened anteriorly around
mandibular region and enlarged posteriorly.
- Females diovarial.
- Male with or without precloacal cup-shaped supplemenmts
- Marine nematodes.
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Reference:s
Andrássy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary
I. Hungarian Natural History Museum.
Tchesunov, A.V. 2013. 7.12 Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter,
W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2:
Nematoda