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Diplotriaenidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Nematoda

Order
  
Spirurida

Superfamily
  
Diplotriaenoidea

Rank
  
Family

Subclass
  
Spiruria

Similar
  
Spirurida, Habronematoidea, Filarioidea, Anguillicolidae, Subuluridae

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

  • Quadriplotriaena
  • Diplotriaena - includes Diplotriaenoides
  • Chabaudiella

    • Subfamily Dicheilonematinae

  • Monopetalonema - includes Politospiculum and Ornithosetaria
  • Petrovifilaria
  • Dicheilonema - includes Contortospiculum
  • Hastospiculum - includes Setarospiculum
  • Hamatospiculum - includes Parhamatospiculum, Tytofilaria, Oceanifilaria
  • Serratospiculum
  • Heterospiculum - includes Heterospiculoides
  • Serratospiculoides

    • References

    Diplotriaenidae Wikipedia
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