Family: Pseudodiplogasteroididae

 Rev: 02/26/2024

Classification:
 

Chromadorea
    Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Rhabditina

Diplogastroidea

          Pseudodiplogasteroididae

Pseudodiplogasteroididae Korner, 1954

Morphology and Anatomy:

• Esophagus with anterior and posterior portions of esophagus muscular.
• Anterior part of esophagus with a valved medial bulb; posterior part of espophagus with a valved terminal bulb.
• Body bilaterally symmetrical

As of 2021, the family has a single genus, Pseudodiplogasteroides.

Modern Phylogenies:

The Order Diplogastrida is considered a suborder (Diplogastrina) of the Rhabditida by Andrassy (2005) and as the superfamily Diplogastroidea within the suborder Rhabditina of the order Rhabditida by DeLey and Blaxter (2002, 2004) and DeLey et al. (2006).

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References

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living nematodes of Hungary Vol I.  Hungarian Natural History Museum.

De Ley, P. and Blaxter. M. 2002.  Systematic position and phylogeny.  In:  D. L. Lee (ed) The Biology of Nematodes.

De Ley, P. and Blaxter. M. 2004.  A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa.  Nematology Monographs and Perspectives, 2004: 633-653.

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