Enoplida
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These nematodes are mostly free-living marine animals. Most feed on diatoms and other algaes.
Subdivisions
Upon phylogenetic analysis in 2010, the order was divided into five clades. Clades and selected families include:
- Clade I
- Family Rhabdolaimidae
- Clade II
- Family Alaimidae
- Family Ironidae
- Clade III
- Family Tripyloididae
- Family Trefusiidae
- Clade IV
- Family Oxystominidae
- Family Oncholaimidae
- Family Enchelidiidae
- Clade V
- Family Thoracostomopsidae
- Family Enoplidae
- Family Phanodermatidae
- Family Leptosomatidae
The World Register of Marine Species shows the following suborders within Enoplida:
- Alaimina
- Campydorina
- Dioctophymina
- Enoplina
- Ironina
- Oncholaimina
- Trefusiina
- Trichinellina
- Tripyloidina
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