| Cloacina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Chabertiidae |
| Genus: | Cloacina Linstow, 1898 [1] |
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