Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class
Enoplea
Enoplea (enopleans) is a class, which with the classes SecernenteaTree of Life Web Project (ToL) (2002)Nematoda Version of January 1, 2002. Retrieved November 2, 2008. and Chromadorea make up the phylum Nematoda in current taxonomy. The Enople ...
.Class Enoplea. Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
These nematodes are mostly free-living marine animals. Most feed on diatoms and other algaes.
Subdivisions
Upon
phylogenetic analysis
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in 2010, the order was divided into five clades. Clades and selected
families
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Ironidae
Ironidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Enoplida
Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Tripyloididae
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Trefusiidae
Trefusiidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Enoplida
Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Oxystominidae
Oxystominidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Enoplida
Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Oncholaimidae
Oncholaimidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Enoplida
Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Enchelidiidae
Enchelidiidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Enoplida
Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Thoracostomopsidae
Thoracostomopsidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Enoplida
Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Enoplidae
Enoplidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Enoplida
Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Phanodermatidae
Phanodermatidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Enoplida
Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Leptosomatidae
Leptosomatidae is a family of benthic marine nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant- parasitic nematodes also known as e ...
The
World Register of Marine Species
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