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  Superfamily Siphonolaimoidea

Family Linhomoeidae

    Genus Terschellingia
    Genus Anticyathus
    Genus Aponcholaimus
    Genus Bathylaimella
    Genus Cryptolaimus
    Genus Desmolaimoides
    Genus Desmolaimus
    Genus Didelta
    Genus Disconema
    Genus Eleutherolaimus
    Genus Eumorpholaimus
    Genus Halinema
    Genus Linhomoella
    Genus Linhomoeus
    Genus Megadesmolaimus
    Genus Metalaimus
    Genus Metalinchomoeus
    Genus Metalinhomoeus
    Genus Monhysteroides
    Genus Nijhoffia
    Genus Paraegialoalaimus
    Genus Paralinhomoeus
    Genus Prolinhomoeus
    Genus Prosphaerolaimus
    Genus Pseudoterschellingia
    Genus Sarsonia
    Genus Sphaerocephalum
    Genus Terschellingioides
    Genus Thelonema

Taxon Information

The Family Linhomoeidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Linhomoeidae, "Overwhelmingly marine or estuarine but with a few freshwater aquatic species, microbivorous" (Hodda, 2011).
• Linhomoeidae, (De Ley et al., 2006).

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.

Web Pages

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