| Dioctophymidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Ascaridida |
| Family: | Dioctophymidae Railliet, 1915 |
| Synonyms | |
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Dioctophymidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Ascaridida. [1] Much older literature uses the alternative spelling "Dioctophymatidae" but this alternative spelling was suppressed by the ICZN in a 1987 ruling. [2]
Genera: [1]
- Dioctophyme Collet-Meygret, 1802
- Eustrongylides Jägerskiöld, 1909
- Hystrichis Dujardin, 1844
- Neostrongyloides Rathore & Nama, 1988