Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.Class Enoplea. Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.Phylum Nematoda. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
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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