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Phylum Nematoda Diesing, 1861
Class Enoplea Inglis, 1983
Subclass Enoplia Pearse, 1942
Enoplida Filipjev, 1929
Suborder: Campydorina
Campydoroidea Thorne, 1935
Inhabit moist terrestrial habitats.
Feed as carnivores (predators) or on diatoms and algae.
Metanemes absent
Cuticle finely striated
Cephalic capsule absent, head slightly offset
Anterior sensilla 6+10, papillate, (2 circles)
Amphid fovea: pocket-like, small, not spiral
Buccal cavity with dorsal mural tooth
Pharynx cylindrical enlarged posteriorly with triquestrous lunem in terminal bulb
Excretory system curicularized pore and duct
Females usually didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries asymmetrical, reflexed
Males monorchic, testis outstretched, leptoderan bursa
Males with papilliform supplements.
Caudal glands absent
Andrássy, I. 2007. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, Vol. II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest.
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