World Database of Nematodes

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Nematoda (6 706)
Class Adenophorea
Class Chromadorea (4 894)
Subclass Chromadoria (4 894)
Order Aphelenchida accepted as Aphelenchoidea Fuchs, 1937
Order Araeolaimida (522)
Order Ascaridida accepted as Ascaridomorpha
Order Benthimermithida accepted as Plectida
Order Chromadorida (805)
Order Desmodorida (823)
Order Desmoscolecida (311)
Order Diplogasterida accepted as Diplogasteromorpha
Order Monhysterida (922)
Order Plectida (417)
Order Rhabditida (1 094)
Suborder Camallanina accepted as Spirurina
Suborder Criconematina accepted as Tylenchina
Suborder Myolaimina
Suborder Rhabditida incertae sedis
Suborder Rhabditina (78)
Suborder Spirurina (976)
Suborder Tylenchina (40)
Infraorder Cephalobomorpha (1)
Superfamily Cephaloboidea Filipjev, 1934 (1)
Family Alirhabditidae Suryawanshi, 1971
Family Bicirronematidae Andrássy, 1978
Subfamily Bicirronematinae Andrássy, 1978
Genus Bicirronema Andrássy, 1978
Genus Tricirronema Siddiqi, 1993
Genus Trualaimus Siddiqi, 1993
Family Cephalobidae Filipjev, 1934 (1)
Family Daubayliidae Chitwood & Chitwood, 1934
Family Elaphonematidae Heyns, 1962
Family Metacrobelidae Andrássy, 1974 accepted as Cephalobidae Filipjev, 1934
Family Osstellidae Heyns, 1962
Infraorder Drilonematomorpha
Infraorder Panagrolaimomorpha (4)
Infraorder Tylenchomorpha (35)
Order Spirurida accepted as Rhabditida
Order Strongylida accepted as Rhabditida
Order Tylenchida accepted as Tylenchomorpha
Class Enoplea (1 802)
Class Nematoda incertae sedis (10)
Class Secernentea

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