Family Homungellidae

                                 Revised 02/02/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

Order Rhabditida

Suborder Tylenchina

                     Superfamily  Drilonematoidea

Homungellidae Timm, 1966

A family of parasites of the coelomic cavity of earthworms.

• Characterized by the presence of a single hollow dorsal cephalic hook. 

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References

Timm, R.W. 1966. Nematode parasites of the coelomic cavity of earthworms. III. Homungella new genus (Drilonematoidea: Homungellidae new family). Biologia 12:1-5.

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