A superfamily of parasites of medical and veterinary importance and also non-parsitic bacterivore genera
Families within the Strongyloidoidea:
Stoma:
lip region without processes
Esophagus:
valves in postcorpus bulb
Female Reproductive System:
diovarial
amphidelphic
spermatheca not offset, axial or absent
Male Reproductive System:
monorchic
no bursa
Cuticle
narrowly spaced (fine) striations
Life Cycle
dauer stage exists
parasites of insects and other animals
References:
DeLey, P., I.T. DeLey, M. Mundo-Ocampo. 1998.
Nematode Workshop: Identification of free-living Chromadorea
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Department of Nematology, UC Riverside.