Classification of the zooparasitic orders in Enoplia, based on a combination of molecular phylogenies with prior morphological systems

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ORDER DIOCTOPHYMATIDA

    Suborder Dioctophymatina

            Family Dioctophymatidae
            Family Soboliphymatidae

ORDER MUSPICEIDA

    Suborder Muspiceina

            Family Muspiceidae
            Family Robertdollfusiidae

ORDER MARIMERMITHIDA

            Family Marimermithidae

ORDER MERMITHIDA

    Suborder Mermithina

        Superfamily Mermithoidea
            Family Mermithidae
            Family Tetradonematidae

ORDER TRICHINELLIDA

        Superfamily Trichinelloidea
            Family Anatrichosomatidae
            Family Capillariidae
            Family Cystoopsidae
            Family Trichinellidae
            Family Trichosomoididae
            Family Trichuridae

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 , - .