Scientific name Rhabditida Rank Order | Phylum Nematoda | |
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Superorder RhabditidaChitwood, 1933 Lower classifications Steinernema, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, Caenorhabditis, Strongylidae, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita | ||
Medical vocabulary what does rhabditida infections mean
The Rhabditida are an order of free-living, zooparasitic and phytoparasitic microbivorous nematodes (roundworms) living in soil.
The Oxyuridae used to be included here, but they rather seem to belong in the Spiruria. The Cephalobidae, Panagrolaimidae, Steinernematidae, and Strongyloididae seem to be closer to the Tylenchia, regardless of whether these are merged with the Rhabditia or not.
Genera include:
References
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