Rhabditida
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Oxyurida |
Rhabditida is an order of usually free-living microbivorous nematodes (roundworms) living in soil.
Genera include:
- Bursilla (Mesorhabditis)
- Caenorhabditis - of which C. elegans and C. briggsae have had their genomes deciphered
- Cruznema
- Enterobius (pinworms/threadworms) which are significant parasites
- Heterorhabditis
- Panagrellus which includes the microworm
- Pelodera
- Rhabditis
- Steinernema
- Strongyloides
