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  Superfamily Selachinematoidea

Family Selachinematidae (+ Choanolaimidae, + Choniolaimidae, + Richtersiidae)

    Genus Cheironchus
    Genus Choanolaimus
    Genus Choniolaimus
    Genus Cobbionema
    Genus Demonema
    Genus Desmotersia
    Genus Dignathonema
    Genus Gammanema
    Genus Halichoanolaimus
    Genus Kosswigonema
    Genus Latronema
    Genus Nunema
    Genus Pteronium
    Genus Richtersia
    Genus Synonchiella
    Genus Synonchium
    Genus Trogolaimus

Taxon Information

The Family Selachinematidae is not recorded from fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Selachinematidae, "Marine, microbivorous or predatory" (Hodda, 2011).
• Choanolaimidae, "Marine or estuarine, predatory" (Hodda, 2011).
• Choniolaimidae, "Marine or estuarine, predatory" (Hodda, 2011).
• Richtersiidae, "Marine or estuarine, microbivorous" (Hodda, 2011).
• Selachinematidae, (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

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