Enoplida

Enoplida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Enoplea
Subclass:	Enoplia
Order:	Enoplida Filipjev, 1929
Families
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Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.^[1][2]

These nematodes are mostly free-living marine animals.^[3] Most feed on diatoms and other algaes.^[1]

Upon phylogenetic analysis in 2010, the order was divided into five clades. Clades and selected families include:^[3]

• Clade I
  • Family Rhabdolaimidae
• Clade II
  • Family Alaimidae
  • Family Ironidae
• Clade III
  • Family Tripyloididae
  • Family Trefusiidae
• Clade IV
  • Family Oxystominidae
  • Family Oncholaimidae
  • Family Enchelidiidae
• Clade V
  • Family Thoracostomopsidae
  • Family Enoplidae
  • Family Phanodermatidae
  • Family Leptosomatidae

References

1. Class Enoplea. Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.
2. Phylum Nematoda. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
3. Bik, H. M.; et al. (2010). "Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades" (PDF). BMC Evol Biol. 10: 353. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-353. PMC 2995457. PMID 21073704.

Bibliography

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