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  Subclass Chromadoria

Order Desmodorida

    Suborder Desmodorina -- North America.

Taxon Information

The Order Desmodorida 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

• Desmodorida, (Hodda, 2011).
• Desmodorida, [Palearctic, Nearctic,Neotropical, Afrotropical, Pacific, Antarctic; 9 species in 5 genera worldwide, 3 Nearctic species in 2 genera] (Abebe et al., 2008).
• Desmodorida, (De Ley et al., 2006).
• Desmodorida, [eastern North America] (Ferris et al., 1973).

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]
• Abebe, E., W. Decraemer & P. De Ley. 2008. Global diversity of nematodes (Nematoda) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 67-78. [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.
• Ferris, V.R., L.M. Ferris, & J.P. Tjepkema. 1973. Genera of freshwater nematodes (Nematoda) of eastern North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 10. 38 pp. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Animal Diversity Web
• Synopsis of the Described Nematoda of the World
• WikiSpecies
• World Register of Marine Species