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

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ORDER PLECTIDA

        Superfamily Leptolaimoidea
            Family Leptolaimidae
            Family Rhadinematidae
            Family Aegialoalaimidae
            Family Diplopeltoididae
            Family Paramicrolaimidae
            Family Ohridiidae
            Family Bastianiidae
            Family Odontolaimidae
            Family Rhabdolaimidae

        Superfamily Ceramonematoidea
            Family Tarvaiidae
            Family Ceramonematidae
               Genus Pselionema
            Family Tubolaimoididae

        Superfamily Plectoidea
            Family Plectidae
               Genus Anaplectus
               Genus Ereptonema
               Genus Plectus
               Genus Tylocephalus
            Family Chronogasteridae
               Genus Chronogaster
            Family Metateratocephalidae

        Superfamily Haliplectoidea
            Family Peresianidae
            Family Haliplectidae
            Family Aulolaimidae

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 , - .