Classification of mononchids and isolaimids, based on a combination of molecular phylogenies with prior morphological systems

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ORDER MONONCHIDA

    Suborder Bathyodontina

        Superfamily Bathyodontoidea
            Family Bathyodontidae
            Family Cryptonchidae

        Superfamily Mononchuloidea
            Family Mononchulidae
            Family Cryptonchidae

    Suborder Mononchina

        Superfamily Anatonchoidea
            Family Anatonchidae

        Superfamily Mononchoidea
            Family Mononchidae
            Family Mylonchulidae

 

ORDER ISOLAIMIDA

        Superfamily Isolaimoidea
            Family Isolaimidae
 

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 , - .