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Nematoidea

Taxonomy
Nematoidea is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cycloneuralia by Nielsen (2012) and Zhang et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Nematoidea Nielsen p. 272 figs. Fig. 47.3
2015Nematoidea Zhang et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
RankNameAuthor
—Ecdysozoa
—CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
—Nematoidea
—Nematoidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Ph. Nematoda Potts 1932 [roundworm]
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G. Anguillula Muller 1786
G. †Copalonema Poinar 2011
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†Copalonema colombiana Poinar 2011
G. Enchytraeus Henle 1837
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†Enchytraeus sepultus Menge 1866
Cl. Enoplea Inglis 1983
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Subcl. Dorylaimia Inglis 1983
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Or. Chromadorida Chitwood 1933
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Subor. Chromadorina Filipjev 1917
Or. Desmoscolecida Filipjev 1929
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Superfm. Desmoscolecoidea Shipley 1896
Or. Mermithida Hyman 1951
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Superfm. Mermithoidea Braun 1883
Or. Plectida Malakhov 1982
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Fm. †Captivonemidae Poinar 2011
Fm. Plectidae Orley 1880
Or. Rhabditida Chitwood 1933
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Subor. Rhabditina Chitwood 1933
Subor. Spirurina Railliet and Henry 1915
Subor. Tylenchina Filipjev 1934
Subcl. Enoplia Pearse 1942
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Or. Enoplida Schuurmans et al. 1933
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Fm. †Palaeoenoploididae Poinar 2011
Fm. †Palaeonematidae Poinar et al. 2008
G. Ingenia Gerlach 1957
G. †Vetus Taylor 1935
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†Vetus capillaceus Menge 1866
†Vetus duisburgi Taylor 1935
†Vetus elongatus Poinar 2011
†Vetus libani Poinar 2011
†Vetus maximus Poinar 2011
†Vetus microcosmus Poinar 2011
†Vetus pristinus Menge 1866
†Vetus robustus Poinar 1977
Invalid names: Nemata [synonym]
Ph. Nematomorpha Vejdovsky 1886
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Superfm. Gordioidea Rauther 1930
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Fm. Chordodidae May 1919
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G. †Cretachordodes Poinar and Buckley 2006
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†Cretachordodes burmitis Poinar and Buckley 2006
G. Gordius Linnaeus 1758
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†Gordius tenuifibrosus Voigt 1938
Invalid names: Gordiacea [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pragian to the top of the Holocene or 410.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 407.6 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Palaeonema phyticum (153498)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Illinois) Tullimonstrum gregarium (232886)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Nemavermes mackeei (122493) Tullimonstrum gregarius (79598)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Ascarites rufferi, Paleoxyuris cockburni (92809)
Bucklandi196.5 - 189.6Italy Eophasma jurasicum (90673)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Heleidomermis libani (122359) Vetus libani (124925)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Captivonema cretacea (167950)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Ascarites priscus, Ascarites gerus (22645)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Cretacimermis protus, Cretachordodes burmitis, Cretacimermis sp. (123429) Cretacimermis protus, Paleothelastoma tipulae, Palaeocosmocerca burmanica, Cretaciaphelenchoides burmensis, Cretodiplogaster termitophilus, Proheterorhabditis burmanicus, Cretacimermis aphidophilus (104053)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretacimermis chironomae (111688 198285) Cretacimermis chironomae, Cretacimermis incredibilis, Cretacimermis calypta, Cretacimermis adelphe, Cretacimermis directa, Cretacimermis longa, Cretacimermis perforissi, Cretacimermis manicapsoci, Cretacimermis psoci, Cretacimermis cecidomyiae, Cretacimermis dolor (161726)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Nematoda sp. (123795)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Gordius tenuifibrosus (197509)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Anguillula succini (138657) Heydenius araneus (125274) Heydenius phasmatophilus (167952) Heydenius simulphilus, Heydenius brownii, Heydenius formicinus, Howardula helenoschini, Heydenius podenasae, Heydenius cecidomyae, Heydenius matutinus, Heydenius quadristriatus, Heydenius sciarophilus, Palaeotetradonema sciarae, Cascofilaria baltica, Palaeoaphelenchoides balticus, Palaeoallantonema baltica, Palaeoallantonema zygopinae, Tripius balticus, Palaeorhabditis balticus, Psychodorhabditis balticus, Tipulacomis balticus (125139) Heydenius trichorosus (123766) Palaeoarachnus balticus (124318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Heydenius matutinus (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Mermis matutina, Anguillula pristina, Anguillula capillacea, Enchytraeus sepultus, Mermis quadristriata (120811)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Mermis antiqua (123945)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Oligaphelenchoides atrebora (140209) Oligodiplogaster antiqua (140212) Palaeotetradonema phlebotomae, Scolytonema mexicana (125757) Vetus robustus (124474 167951)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97New Zealand (Otago) Nematoda indet. (191650)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Heydenius arachnius, Heydenius dipterophilus, Heydenius lamprophilus, Heydenius myrmecophila, Heydenius neotropicus, Heydenius psychodae, Heydenius saprophilus, Heydenius scatophilus, Myrmeconema antiqua, Cascofilaria dominicana, Cascofilaria parva, Panagrolaimus neotropicus, Bursaphelenchus similus, Chalcidonema paradoxa, Cryptaphelenchus dominicus, Oligaphelenchoides dominicanus, Oligaphelenchoides maximus, Setonema protera, Palaeoanguina dominicana, Paleoiotonchium dominicanum, Palaeoallantonema apionae, Palaeoallantonema cephalotae, Palaeoallantonema dominicana, Palaeoallantonema phlebotomae, Apifilaria proplebiae, Chilonema filaforma, Diplonema minuta, Filotermes minutus, Formicodiplogaster myrmenema, Scarabinema minuta, Scolytonema dominicana, Scolytonema hispaniolae, Syconema dominicana, Crustafila confina, Prescafilotermes dominicanus, Prescafilotermes elongatus, Psocidonema dominicana, Psychodorhabditis attenuatus, Psychodorhabditis dominicanus, Tipulacomis dominicanus, Vetus elongatus, Vetus maximus, Vetus microcosmus, Allantonematidae indet. (122472) Heydenius dominicus (122474) Palaeodiplogaster brentiphila (134457) Scolytonema dominicana (168001)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Mermithidae indet. (167949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Copalonema colombiana (168002)