Mydonominidae

Family Mydonomidae

Revised 01/19/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

Class Enoplea

Subclass Dorylaimia

Order Dorylaimida

Suborder Dorylaimina

Superfamily Tylencholaimoidea

Mydonomidae, Thorne, 1964

synonyms

Dorylaimoididae, Siddiqui, 1969

Miranematidae, Siddiqui, 1969

A family of free-living soil-inhabiting nematodes.

General Characteristics of Mydonomidae:

Cuticle dorylaimoid; usually smooth, rarely with transverse striations or longitudinal ridges.
Lip region continuous or slightly offset, occasionally cap like; lips rounded, usually amalgamated;
Odontostyle short, asymmetrical or not typically tubular, lumen distinct; odontophore straight or arched;
Basal expansion of esophagus cylindrical and < 1/3 esophagus length
Female genital system didelphic-amphidelphic or mono-opisthodelphic;
Male spicula dorylaimoid; ventromedial supplements spaced, 1â€“20;
Tail variable, short and rounded to elongate or filiform, similar or dissimilar in sexes.

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References

Wu, W-J., Xu, C-L., Xie, H., Wang, D-W. 2019. Three new species, one new genus and subfamily of Dorylaimida (de man, 1876) Pearse, 1942, and revisions of the families Tylencholaimellidae Jairajpuri, 1964 and Mydonomidae Thorne, 1964 (Nematoda, Dorylaimida). PeerJ 7:e7541 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7541

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