Enoplida

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Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.[1][2]

Phylum:Nematoda
Class:Enoplea
Subclass:Enoplia
Order:Enoplida
Filipjev, 1929
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Enoplida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Subclass: Enoplia
Order: Enoplida
Filipjev, 1929
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These nematodes are mostly free-living marine animals.[3] Most feed on diatoms and other algaes.[1]

Subdivisions

Upon phylogenetic analysis in 2010, the order was divided into five clades. Clades and selected families include:[3]

The World Register of Marine Species shows the following suborders within Enoplida:[4]

  • Alaimina
  • Campydorina
  • Dioctophymina
  • Enoplina
  • Ironina
  • Oncholaimina
  • Trefusiina
  • Trichinellina
  • Tripyloidina

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