Subfamily Hypodontolaiminae
Revised
11/26/22
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Chromadorida
Chromadorina
Chromadoroidea
- Chromadoridae Filipjev,
1917
- Hypodontolaiminae de Coninck, 1965
Type genus of the subfamily: Hypodontolaimus de
Man, 1886
A subfamily of free-living marine nematodes
- Cuticle with usually heterogeneous ornamentation along body,with or
without differentiation in lateral fields,
- Six outer labial papillae and four cephalic setae may be in a separate circles
- Amphid apertures distinct or obscure, usually between cephalic setae
- Stoma funnel-shaped with hollow teeth, one large dorsal, two smaller
subventral. or denticles.
- Esophagus usually with anterior muscular swelling.
- Males with cup-shaped precloacal supplements.
- Mainly marine nematodes, sometimes in brackish water.
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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