Biology:Leptosomatidae

Short description: Family of roundworms

Leptosomatidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Enoplea
Order:	Enoplida
Suborder:	Ironina
Superfamily:	Ironoidea
Family:	Leptosomatidae Filipjev, 1916
Subfamilies and genera
Barbonematinae Barbonema Filipjev, 1927 Cylicolaiminae Cylicolaimus de Man, 1889 Metacylicolaimus Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1946 Paracylicolaimus Platonova, 1970 Deontostomatinae Belogurov & Fadeeva, 1985 Deontostoma Filipjev, 1916 Tapia Belogurov & Fadeeva, 1985 Leptosomatinae Filipjev, 1916 Bongersia Platonova, 1988 Leptosomatides Filipjev, 1918 Leptosomatum Bastian, 1865 Leptosomella Filipjev, 1927 Orthophallonema Bongers, 1983 Paraleptosomatides Mawson, 1956 Syringonomus Hope & Murphy, 1969 Tubolaimella Cobb, 1933 Platycominae Platycoma Cobb, 1894 Platycomopsis Ditlevsen, 1926 Proplatycoma Platonova, 1976 Pseudoplatycoma Chen, 2015 Synonchinae Platonova, 1970 Anivanema Platonova, 1976 Eusynonchus Platonova, 1970 Macronchus Inglis, 1964 Paratuerkiana Platonova, 1970 Sadkonavis Platonova, 1979 Synonchoides Wieser, 1956 Synonchus Cobb, 1894 Triaulolaimus Platonova, 1979 Tuerkiana Platonova, 1970 Thoracostomatinae De Coninck, 1965 Pseudocella Filipjev, 1927 Thoracostoma Marion, 1870 Triceratonematinae Belogurov & Fadeeva, 1985 Pseudotriceratonema Belogurov & Fadeeva, 1985 Triceratonema Platonova, 1976

Leptosomatidae is a family of benthic marine nematode worms.

Further reading

• Gagarin, V.G. 2009: New Nematoda species of family Leptosomatidae (Nematoda, Enoplida) from Mediterranean Sea. ISSN 1812-9250 Invertebrate zoology, 5(2): 87–95. [in Russian with English abstract] PDF
• De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8–13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633–653.
• Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin. 759 pp., available online at http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/180464
• Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
• Various Authors (2000). Nematode filing cabinet of the Marine Biology Section Ugent - in combination with the NemasLan Ms-Access database (published on CD-Rom, 2000)
• Soetaert, K.; Vinckx, M.; Wittoeck, J.; Tulkens, M. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. Hydrobiologia. 311 : 185–206.

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