Family Cephalobidae

                                 Rev 10/02/2012

Classification:

      Chromadorea
       Chromadoria
       Rhabditida
        Tylenchina
         Cephaloboidea
          Cephalobidae Filpijev, 1934

Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Key to subfamilies:
       1. Only cheilorhabdions wider than other parts of stoma                                         Cephalobinae
       2. Cephalic probolae shorter than labial probolae                                                    Acrobelinae
       3. Cephalic probolae large, paddle-shaped, longer than labial probolae.                   Kirjanoviinae
       4. Cheilo- and protostom wider and  the wall more cuticularized than other parts.     Panagrocephalinae
                                     

References

Nadler, S.A., DeLey, P.,Mundo-Ocampo, M., Smythe, A.B.,Stock, S.P., Bumbarger, D., Adams, B.J., Tandingan De Ley, I., Holovachov, O., Baldwin, J.G. 2006. Phylogeny of Cephalobina (Nematoda): Molecular evidence for recurrent evolution of probolae and incongruence with traditional classifications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40: 696-711.

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