Classification of dorylaimids, based on a combination of molecular phylogenies with prior morphological systems

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ORDER DORYLAIMIDA

    Suborder Dorylaimina

        Superfamily Dorylaimoidea
            Family Dorylaimidae
               Genus Caribenema
            Family Aporcelaimidae
            Family Qudsianematidae
            Family Nordiidae
            Family Longidoridae
            Family Actinolaimidae
               Genus Actinca

        Superfamily Belondiroidea
            Family Belondiridae

        Superfamily Tylencholaimoidea
            Family Leptonchidae
            Family Tylencholaimidae
            Family Aulolaimoididae
            Family Mydonomidae

    Suborder Nygolaimina

        Superfamily Nygolaimoidea
            Family Nygolaimidae
            Family Nygellidae
            Family Aetholaimidae
            Family Nygolaimellidae
 

This classification is based on the following publications:

Blaxter, M.L., De Ley, P., Garey, J.R., Liu, L.X., Scheldeman, P., Vierstraete, A., Vanfleteren, J.R., Mackey, L.Y., Dorris, M., Frisse, L.M., Vida, J.T. & Thomas, W.K. (1998). A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda. Nature, 392: 71-75.

De Ley, P. & Blaxter, M.L. (2002). Systematic position and phylogeny. In: D.L. Lee (Ed.) The Biology of Nematodes. London, Taylor and Francis, pp. 1-30.

De Ley, P. & Blaxter, M.L. (In press). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology , - .