Diphtherophorina

Diphtherophorina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Enoplea
Subclass:	Enoplia
Order:	Triplonchida
Suborder:	Diphtherophorina Coomans & Loof, 1970[1]
Superfamily
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Diphtherophorina is a suborder of terrestrial nematodes, being one of three that constitute suborder Triplonchida.^[2][3]

Taxonomy

There is a single superfamily, the Diphtherophoroidea (formerly Trichodoiroidea (Thorne, 1935)^[4] Siddiqi, 1961), consisting of two families;

• Diphtherophoridae
• Trichodoridae

References

1. Coomans, A.; Loof, P. A. A. (1970). "Morphology and taxonomy of Bathyodontina (Dorylaimida)". Nematologica. 16: 180–196. doi:10.1163/187529270x00199.
2. Phylum Nematoda: Triplochida Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
3. Order Triplochida Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.
4. THORNE G, . (1935). Notes on free-living and plant parasitic nematodes, II. Proc. helminth. Soc. Wash.,2 : 96-98

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