Habronematoidea
Superfamily of roundworms
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Habronematoidea is a superfamily of spirurian nematodes in the large order Spirurida. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system.
| Habronematoidea | |
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| Moravecnema segonzaci (Cystidicolidae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Infraorder: | Spiruromorpha |
| Superfamily: | Habronematoidea Ivaschkin, 1961 |
| Families[1] | |
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Though none of the families placed here are overly diverse, they are quite large except for the monotypic Hedruridae. Consequently, the Habronematoidea are at present the second-largest superfamily of Spirurida, after the Filarioidea which contains the massively speciose Onchocercidae.
The families of the Habronematoidea are:
