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  Superfamily Microlaimoidea

Family Monoposthiidae

    Genus Nudora
    Genus Monoposthia
    Genus Monoposthioides
    Genus Rhinema

Taxon Information

The Family Monoposthiidae 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

• Monoposthiidae, "Overwhelmingly marine but with a few freshwater aquatic species, microbivorous" (Hodda, 2011).
• Monoposthiidae, (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