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Enoplia

Subclass of roundworms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Enoplia are a subclass of nematodes in the class Enoplea.

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Description

Enoplians are characterized by amphids shaped like ovals, stirrups, or pouches. Their bodies are smooth, without rings or lines. The esophagus is cylindrical and glandular.[1]

Taxonomy

Lorenzen described two orders, Enoplida and Trefusiida, in the 1980s based on morphology. With the advent of phylogenetic analysis, a reorganisation has been necessary, moving the Triplonchida here to create three orders and expanding it.[1][2] [3]

The orders are distinguished mainly by habitat type.[4][3]

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Phylogeny

Enoplia is regarded as the earliest nematode branch, according to recent phylogenetic analysis.[5] Enoplia is mentioned as a sister clade to Dorylaima and Chromadoria.[5][6]

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