Short description: Genus of roundworms
| Ingenia
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Nematoda
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| Class:
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Enoplea
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| Order:
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Enoplida
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| Suborder:
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Tripyloidina
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| Family:
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Tripyloididae
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| Genus:
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Ingenia
Gerlach, 1957
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| Type species
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Ingenia mirabilis
Gerlach, 1957
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Ingenia is a genus of marine nematode worms native to Brazil , with a single known species, I. mirabilis.[1][2][3] It belongs to the Tripyloididae, which is a group that are mostly free-living[4] and which feed on diatoms and other algaes.[2]
References
- ↑ Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Die Nematodenfauna des Sandstrandes an der Küste von Mittelbrasilien (Brasilianische Meerse-Nematoden IV). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 33 (2): 411-459.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ Bik, H. M., et al. (2010). Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades. BMC Evol Biol. 10: 353.
Wikidata ☰ Q15712860 entry
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