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Draconematidae
Sign in to saveDraconematidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Desmodorida.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumNematoda
- ClassChromadorea
- OrderDesmodorida
- FamilyDraconematidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Draconematidae
- Collections
- USNM, ALMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Desmodorida
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- taxon name
- Draconematidae
- taxon rank
- family
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Encyclopedic overview
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Draconematidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Desmodorida.
Unlike many nematodes, they often use crawling rather than sinusoidal swimming, enabled by the complex body surface structures and often features scales, ridges, or spines, used for gliding through marine sediments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Draconematidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.