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
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De Ley, P. & Blaxter, M.L. (2002). Systematic
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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
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