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  Superfamily Cephaloboidea

Family Cephalobidae (+ Daubayliinae)

    Genus Acrobeloides -- North America.
    Genus Cephalobus -- North America.
    Genus Daubaylia -- North America.
    Genus Eucephalobus -- North America.
    Genus Acrobeles
    Genus Acrobelophis
    Genus Acrolobus
    Genus Chiloplacoides
    Genus Chiloplacus
    Genus Deficephalobus
    Genus Heterocephalobellus
    Genus Heterocephalobus
    Genus Metacrolobus
    Genus Namibinema
    Genus Nothacrobeles
    Genus Panagroteratus
    Genus Penjatinema
    Genus Pseudocephalobus
    Genus Scottnema
    Genus Seleborca
    Genus Stegelletina
    Genus Ypsylonellus
    Genus Zeldia

Taxon Information

The Family Cephalobidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Cephalobidae, "Terrestrial, microbivorous" (Hodda, 2011).
• Cephalobidae, (De Ley et al., 2006).
• Cephalobidae, (Smith, 2001).
• Cephalobidae: Cephalobinae, (Chitwood & Allen, 1959).
• Daubayliinae, (Chitwood & Allen, 1959).

Bibliography

• Hodda, M. 2011. Phylum Nematoda Cobb 1932. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 63-95. [Available online]
• De Ley, P., W. Decraemer & Eualem-Abebe. 2006. Introduction: Summary of present knowledge and research addressing the ecology and taxonomy of freshwater nematodes. [in] Eualem-Abebe et al. (eds.). Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy: 3-30.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Nematoda (Roundworms). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 191-215.
• Chitwood, B.G. & M.W. Allen. 1959. Nemata. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 368-401.

Web Pages

• Animal Diversity Web
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Synopsis of the Described Nematoda of the World
• WikiSpecies
• World Register of Marine Species