Superfamily Leptolaimoidea
Revised 06/05/24
Plectina
Leptolaimoidea Orley, 1880
As of 2021, the family Leptolaimidae includes seven genera, five of which inhabit marine and brackish habitats (Holovachov & Boström, 2004). Of these genera, Leptolaimus de Man, 1876 inhabits marine or brackish habits and includes over 70 nominal species,several of which are considered invalid (Gharahkhani et al;., 2021).
There were three subfamilies: Anonchinae, Camacolaiminae and Leptolaiminae (Hope and Tchseunov, 1999).. Of these, Camacolaiminae has been elevated to the rank of family (Camacolaimidae) in the suepfamily Camacolaimoidea (Holovachov and Bostrom, 2004). Two familieas are currently recognized by Holovachov and Bostrom (2004): Aphanolaimidae and Leptolaimidae.
Ref: Holovachov and Bostrom, 2004
Gharahkhani, A., E. Pourjam, O. Holovachov, M. Pedram. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships of Leptolaimus de Man, 1876 (Plectida: Leptolaimidae) with description of two new species from the Persian Gulf, Iran. Nematology 23:153-169.
Holovachov, O. and Bostrom, S. 2004. Morphology and systematics of the superfamilies Leptolaimoidea Örley, 1880 and Camacolaimoidea Micoletzky, 1924 (Nematoda: Plectida). J. Nematode Morphology and Systematics 7:1-49.
Hope, W.D. and Tchesunov, A.V. 1999. Smithsoninema inaequale n.g, and n.sp. (Nematoda, Leptolaimidae) inhabiting the test of a foraminiferan. Invertebrate Biology 118: 95108.
Urkmez, D. and Brennan, M.L. 2013. A new species of Halaphanolaimus (Nematoda: Leptolaimidae) from the southern Black Sea (Turkey) with a modified key for species identification. Zootaxa 3691:220-228.