Actinolaimidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Enoplea |
Order: | Dorylaimida |
Suborder: | Dorylaimina |
Superfamily: | Dorylaimoidea |
Family: | Actinolaimidae |
Synonyms | |
Actinolaimidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Dorylaimida. [1]
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Genera: [1]
Dorylaimida (dorylaims) is a diverse order of nematodes with both soil and freshwater species.
István Andrássy was a Hungarian nematologist. Starting with his first publication in 1952 on the nematode fauna of Mount Bükk, over his dissertation in 1973 on the evolution of nematodes to his last days he was a very prolific scientist, publishing more than 200 manuscripts, chapters and books on the class of Nematoda. He described 530 taxa of nematodes and at least 60 nematode taxa are named after him, which shows the huge respect he had in the nematologists world.