World Database of Nematodes

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Nematoda (6 711)
Class Adenophorea
Class Chromadorea (4 899)
Subclass Chromadoria (4 899)
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)
Suborder Desmoscolecina (311)
Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea Shipley, 1896 (311)
Family Cyartonematidae Tchesunov, 1989 (13)
Genus Cyartonema Cobb, 1920 (9)
Genus Cyartonemoides Thanh & Gagarin, 2011 (1)
Genus Paraterschellingia Kreis in Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1935 (3)
Genus Southernia Allgén, 1929 accepted as Cyartonema Cobb, 1920
Species Southernia roervikensis Allgen, 1946 accepted as Cyartonema roervikensis (Allgén, 1946) Juario, 1972
Species Southernia siphonolaimoides (Wieser, 1956) Gerlach, 1963
Species Southernia tenuicauda Allgén, 1933 accepted as Cyartonema tenuicauda (Allgén, 1933) Juario, 1972
Species Southernia zosterae Allgén, 1929 accepted as Cyartonema zosterae (Allgén, 1929) Juario, 1972
Family Desmoscolecidae Shipley, 1896 (287)
Family Eophasmidae Poinar, 2011 †
Family Meyliidae De Coninck, 1965 (11)
Order Diplogasterida accepted as Diplogasteromorpha
Order Monhysterida (922)
Order Plectida (417)
Order Rhabditida (1 099)
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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