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  Subclass Dorylaimia

Order Dorylaimida

    Suborder Dorylaimina -- North America.
    Suborder Nygolaimina -- North America.
    Family Iotonchusidae

Taxon Information

The Order Dorylaimida 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

• Dorylaimida, (Hodda, 2011).
• Dorylaimida, (Andrássy & I., 2009).
• Dorylaimida, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian, Pacific; 610 species in 103 genera worldwide, 116 Nearctic species in 46 genera] (Abebe et al., 2008).
• Dorylaimida, (De Ley et al., 2006).
• Dorylaimida, [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Dorylaimida, [eastern North America] (Ferris et al., 1973).
• Dorylaimida, (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]
• Andrássy, I. 2009. Aporcelinus, a new genus of aporcelaimoid nematodes (Dorylaimida), and its species. International Journal of Nematology 19(2): 121-136. [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.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Nematoda (Roundworms). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 191-215.
• 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]
• Chitwood, B.G. & M.W. Allen. 1959. Nemata. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 368-401.

Web Pages

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