Family: Leptosomatidae

Rev. 11/16/2022

Classification:

Class:  Enoplea

Sub-class:  Enoplia

Order:  Enoplida

Suborder:   Ironina

Superfamily:  Ironoidea

Family: Leptosomatidae Filipjev, 1916

A family of free-living marine nematodes. Generally among the larger free-living marine nematodes.

Anatomy and Morphology:

• Body length reaching up to 50 mm (Tchesunov, 2006)
• Cuticle usually thick

References:

Andrassy, I. 2007. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary II.  Hungarian Natural History Museum. 496pp.

Filipjev, L.N. 1916. Free living nematodes in the collection of the Zoological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Petrograd.. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. Petrograd

Goodey, T and J.B. Goodey, 1963. Soil and Freshwater Nematodes. Methuen. London

Maggenti, A.R. 1981.  General Nematology. Springer Verlag, New York.

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