Ingenia

This article is about the nematode worm. For the dinosaur formerly known as Ingenia yanshini, see Heyuannia.

Ingenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Araeolaimida
Family: Tripyloididae
Genus: Ingenia
Gerlach, 1957
Type species
Ingenia mirabilis
Gerlach, 1957

Ingenia is a genus of marine nematode worms native to Brazil, with a single known species, I. mirabilis.[1][2][3] It belongs to the Tripyloididae, which is a group that are mostly free-living[4] and which feed on diatoms and other algaes.[2]

  1. ^ Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Die Nematodenfauna des Sandstrandes an der Küste von Mittelbrasilien (Brasilianische Meerse-Nematoden IV). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 33 (2): 411-459.
  2. ^ a b Class Enoplea. Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.
  3. ^ Phylum Nematoda. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
  4. ^ Bik, H. M., et al. (2010). Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades. BMC Evol Biol. 10: 353.