Subfamily Spilipherinae
Revised
11/26/22
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Chromadorida
Chromadorina
Chromadoroidea
- Chromadoridae Filipjev,
1917
- Spilipherinae Filipjev, 1918
Type genus of the subfamily: Spiliphera
Bastian, 1865
A subfamily of free-living marine nematodes
- Cuticle with homogeneous or heterogeneous punctation, with or without lateral field areas.
- Six outer labial and four cephalic setae may be in a single circle
- Buccal cavity with three or more solid teeth.
- Amphid fovea simple single-loop spiral, on head.
- Esophagus with posterior bulb.
- Females diovarial.
- Male with precloacal supplemenmts setose, present of absent
- Tail conicval or elongate.
- Marine nematodes.
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Reference:s
Andrássy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary
I. Hungarian Natural History Museum.
Tchesunov, A.V. 2013. 7.12 Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter,
W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2:
Nematoda