Ingenia

Short description: Genus of roundworms

Ingenia

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Nematoda

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Enoplea

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Enoplida

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Tripyloidina

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Tripyloididae

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Ingenia

Gerlach, 1957

Type species
Ingenia mirabilis

Gerlach, 1957

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

1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Class Enoplea. Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.
3. ↑ Phylum Nematoda. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
4. ↑ 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.

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