Diplotriaenidae

Diplotriaenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Suborder:	Spirurina
Infraorder:	Spiruromorpha
Superfamily:	Diplotriaenoidea Anderson, 1958
Family:	Diplotriaenidae Anderson, 1958
Genera
Some 10, see text

Diplotriaenidae is a family of nematodes. Like all their relatives, they have neither a circulatory a or respiratory system. They are the only family in superfamily Diplotriaenoidea, if the Oswaldofilariidae are correctly placed with the Filarioidea and not here.

Systematics

Subfamilies and genera of Diplotriaenidae are:

Subfamily Diplotriaeninae

• Chabaudiella
• Diplotriaena - includes Diplotriaenoides
• Quadriplotriaena

Subfamily Dicheilonematinae

• Dicheilonema - includes Contortospiculum
• Hamatospiculum - includes Parhamatospiculum, Tytofilaria, Oceanifilaria
• Hastospiculum - includes Setarospiculum
• Heterospiculum - includes Heterospiculoides
• Monopetalonema - includes Politospiculum and Ornithosetaria
• Petrovifilaria
• Serratospiculoides
• Serratospiculum