Enoplida

Enoplida is an order of nematodes. It is one of two orders in Enoplia, which is one of two subclasses in Class Enoplea.^[1][2]

Enoplida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Enoplea
Subclass:	Enoplia
Order:	Enoplida Filipjev, 1929
Families
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These nematodes are mostly free-living marine animals.^[3] Most feed on diatoms and other algaes.^[1]

Subdivisions

Upon phylogenetic analysis in 2010, the order was divided into five clades. Clades and selected families include:^[3]

• Clade I
  • Family Rhabdolaimidae
• Clade II
  • Family Alaimidae
  • Family Ironidae
• Clade III
  • Family Tripyloididae
  • Family Trefusiidae
• Clade IV
  • Family Oxystominidae
  • Family Oncholaimidae
  • Family Enchelidiidae
• Clade V
  • Family Thoracostomopsidae
  • Family Enoplidae
  • Family Phanodermatidae
  • Family Leptosomatidae

The World Register of Marine Species shows the following suborders within Enoplida:^[4]

• Alaimina
• Campydorina
• Dioctophymina
• Enoplina
• Ironina
• Oncholaimina
• Trefusiina
• Trichinellina
• Tripyloidina