Desmoscolecidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Desmoscolecida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Cycloneuralia
Cladus: Nematoida
Phylum: Nematoda
Classis: Chromadorea
Ordo: Desmoscolecida

Familia:
Subfamiliae (2): Desmoscolecinae - Tricominae

Overview of genera (12)

Calligyrus – Desmolorenzenia – Desmoscolex – Greeffiella – Greeffiellopsis – Hapalomus – Odetenema – Pareudesmoscolex – Progreeffiella – Prototricoma – Quadricoma – Spinodesmoscolex – Tricoma

Name

Desmoscolecidae Shipley, 1896

References

  • Shipley, A.E. 1896. On Arhynchus hemignathi, a new genus of Acanthocephala. Quarterly journal of microscopical science (n.s.) 39(2): 207–218, plate 12. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Bezerra, T.N.C., Pape, E., Hauquier, F. & Vanreusel, A. 2021. Description and distribution of Erebussau nom. nov. pro Erebus Bussau, 1993 nec Erebus Latreille, 1810 with description of a new specie, and of Odetenema gesarae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida) from nodule-bearing abyssal sediments in the Pacific. Zootaxa 4903(4): 542–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.4.4 Paywall Reference page. 
  • Hwang, U.W., Choi, E.H., Kim, D.S., Decraemer, W. & Chang, C.Y. 2009. Monophyly of the family Desmoscolecidae (Nematoda, Demoscolecida) and its phylogenetic position inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Molecules and Cells 27(5): 515–523. DOI: 10.1007/s10059-009-0070-7
  • Shirayama, Y. & Hope, W.D. 1992. Cephalic tubercles, a new character useful for the taxonomy of Desmoscolecidae (Nematoda). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 111(3): 211–222. JSTOR
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