Thelazioidea
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Thelazioidea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
(unranked): | Bilateria |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Secernentea |
Subclass: | Spiruria |
Order: | Spirurida |
Superfamily: | Thelazioidea |
Families | |
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Thelazioidea is a superfamily of spirurian nematodes in the large order Spirurida. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system.
Among the families placed here, only the Rhabdochonidae are notably diverse. though none is considered to be monotypic Consequently, the Thelazioidea are among the mid-sized superfamilies of Spirurida.

Trichospirura aethiopica Bain & Junker, 2013,[1] an example of Rhabdochonidae
The families of the Thelazioidea are:
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