Enoplida

Enoplida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Subclass: Enoplia
Order: Enoplida
Filipjev, 1929
Families

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Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.[1][2]

These nematodes are mostly free-living marine animals.[3] Most feed on diatoms and other algaes.[1]

Upon phylogenetic analysis in 2010, the order was divided into five clades. Clades and selected families include:[3]

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. 3.0 3.1 Bik, H. M. et al. (2010). "Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades" (PDF). BMC Evol Biol. 10: 353. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-353. PMC 2995457. PMID 21073704.

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