Rhabditida is an order of free-living, zooparasitic, and phytoparasitic microbivorous nematodes living in soil.
Rhabditida | |
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Caenorhabditis elegans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Subclass: | Chromadoria |
Order: | Rhabditida Chitwood, 1933 |
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The Cephalobidae, Panagrolaimidae, Steinernematidae, and Strongyloididae seem to be closer to the Tylenchia, regardless of whether these are merged with the Rhabditia or not.[1]
Rhabditida