Nematoida

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Nematoida
Temporal range: Devonian–Recent[1]
Paragordius tricuspidatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
(unranked): Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Clade: Nematoida
Schmidt-Rhaesa, 1996
Phyla
Synonyms
  • Nematoidea sensu lato Rudolphi, 1808
  • Nematozoa Zrzavý et al., 1998

Nematoida is a

Nematoda and Nematomorpha.[2][3][4] The two groups share a number of features in common; the presense of a cloaca in both sexes, aflagellate sperm, and a cuticle made of collagen.[5]

Its position within

panarthropods
, although the issue is still not completely settled.

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