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Superfamily Monhysteroidea
Family Monhysteridae
Genus Monhystera -- North America.
Genus Monhystrella -- North America.
Genus Diplolaimella
Genus Diplolaimelloides
Genus Eumonhystera
Genus Gammarinema
Genus Geomonhystera
Genus Sinanema
Genus Thalassomonhystera
Genus Tridentulus
Genus Austronema
Genus Cryonema
Genus Halomonhystera
Genus Hieminema
Genus Monhystrium
Genus Odontobius
Genus Sitadevinem
Genus Tripylium
Genus Zygonemella
Taxon Information
The Family Monhysteridae 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
- Monhysteridae, "Mostly marine with many species in freshwater aquatic habitats and a few terrestrial species, microbivorous. Three genera living in gill chambers of freshwater aquatic or terrestrial crustaceans" (Hodda, 2011).
- Monhysteridae, (De Ley et al., 2006).
- Monhysteridae, (Smith, 2001).
- Monhysteridae, (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.
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