Classification of chromadorids and desmodorids, based on a combination of molecular phylogenies with prior morphological systems

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ORDER CHROMADORIDA

    Suborder Chromadorina

        Superfamily Chromadoroidea
            Family Chromadoridae
            Family Ethmolaimidae
            Family Neotonchidae
            Family Achromadoridae
            Family Cyatholaimidae
   

ORDER DESMODORIDA

    Suborder Desmodorina

        Superfamily Desmodoroidea
            Family Desmodoridae
            Family Epsilonematidae
            Family Draconematidae 

       Superfamily Microlaimoidea
            Family Microlaimidae
            Family Aponchiidae
            Family Monoposthiidae
  

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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 , - .