Ingenia

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Ingenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Enoplida
Suborder: Tripyloidina
Family: Tripyloididae
Genus: Ingenia
Gerlach, 1957

Ingenia is a genus of marine Nematode worm.[1][2] It belongs to a group that are mostly free-living[3] and which feed on diatoms and other algaes.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Class Enoplea. Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.
  2. Phylum Nematoda. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
  3. Bik, H. M., et al. (2010). Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades. BMC Evol Biol. 10: 353.
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