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]
Ingenia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Araeolaimida |
Family: | Tripyloididae |
Genus: | Ingenia Gerlach, 1957 |
Type species | |
Ingenia mirabilis Gerlach, 1957
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References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Class Enoplea. Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine 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.