Superfamily Plectoidea

Rev. 11/02/21

Classification:

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Plectida

Plectoidea Orley, 1880

Note, in recent classifications the Plectoidea are elevated to the Order Plectida Malakhov, 1982

Morphology and Anatomy:

• simple spiral or "shepherd's crook" amphids.

• soil and freshwater.

• feeding habits of some are uncertain, but many are bacterivores.

• e.g., Plectus on moss, moist organic soils.

References:

Holovachov, V. 2006. Morphology and systematics of the order Plectida Malakhov, 1982 (Nematoda). PhD Thesis, Wageningen University 246 p.

Malakhov, V.V., Ryzhykov, K.M. and Sonin, M.D. 1982. System of higher taxa of nematodes. Zoologeschii Zhurnal 64:1125-1134 (in Russian).

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