Tubolaimoididae

Family Tubolaimoididae

Revised 01/27/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

Class Chromadorea

Subclass Chromadoria

Order Plectida

Suborder Plectina

Superfamily Ceramonematoidea

Tubolaimoididae Lorenzen, 1961

A family of free-living marine nematodes.

Characteristics:

Cuticle smooth or striated, no lateral alae no ornamentation.
Cephalic capsule absent, three lips.
Inner labial papillae grouped in pairs.
Outer labial and cephalic sensilla setiform, in separate circles
Amphid ventrally spiral, unispiral or inverted.
Stoma undifferentiated, dorsal and subventral esophageal gland open into stoma.
Female didelphic, ovaries reflexed.
Male diorchic testes outstretched, supplements absent or papilliform.
Caudal glands present, spinneret present.

Ref: Holovachov and Bostrom (2004)

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References

Holovachov, O. and Bostrom, S. 2004. Morphology and systematics of the superfamily Leptolaimoidea Orley, 1880 and Camacolaimoidea Micoletzky, 1924 (Nematoda: Plectida). J. Nem. Morphology and Systematics 7:1-49.

Lorenzen, S. 1981. Entwurf eines phylogenetischen Systems der freilebenden Nematoden.(Outline of a phylogenetic system for the free-living nematodes).Veroffentlichungen des Instituts fur Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 1981 No.Suppl. 7 pp.472 pp.

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