Diplotriaenidae

Diplotriaenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Subclass: Spiruria
Order: Spirurida
Superfamily: Diplotriaenoidea
Family: Diplotriaenidae
Genera

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Diplotriaenidae is a family of spirurian nematodes. Like all their relatives, they have neither a circulatory a or respiratory system. They are the only family in superfamily Diplotriaenoidea, if the Oswaldofilariidae are correctly placed with the Filarioidea and not here.

Systematics

Subfamilies and genera of Diplotriaenidae are:

Subfamily Diplotriaeninae

Subfamily Dicheilonematinae

References

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