Ironina

Halalaimus, from here.

Belongs within: Enoplia.

The Ironina is a group of free-living nematodes with a muscular esophagus, of which the Ironidae is mostly freshwater and the Leptosomatidae and Oxystominidae mostly marine.

Ironina [Ironoidea]
    |--Ironus MM02 [Ironidae LB02]
    |--Leptosomatidae LB02
    |    |--Leptosomatum Bastain 1865 B94
    |    |--Thoracostoma Marion 1870 L86
    |    |    `--T. californicum L02
    |    `--Barbonema Filipjev 1927 L86
    |         `--B. flagrum Gerlach 1957 L86
    `--Oxystominidae LB02
         |--Oxystomina clavicauda (Filipjev 1918) L86
         |--Thalassoalaimus de Man 1893 E86
         |    `--T. aquaedulcis Schneider 1940 E86
         `--Halalaimus de Man 1888 E86
              |--H. dimorphus J02
              |--H. leptoderma L02
              |--H. stammeri Schneider 1940 E86
              |--H. striatus Gerlach 1956 L86
              `--H. supercirrhatus Gerlach 1956 L86

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281.

[E86] Eder, R. 1986. Nematoda from continental subterranean aquatic habitats. In Stygofauna Mundi: A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna inhabiting Subterranean Waters (including the Marine Interstitial) (L. Botosaneanu, ed.) pp. 125-132. E. J. Brill / Dr. W. Backhuys: Leiden.

[J02] Justine, J.-L. 2002. Male and female gametes and fertilisation. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 73-119. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[L02] Lee, D. L. 2002. Cuticle, moulting and exsheathment. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 171-209. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[LB02] Ley, P. de, & M. Blaxter. 2002. Systematic position and phylogeny. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 1-30. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[L86] Lorenzen, S. 1986. Nematoda: Interstitial nematodes from marine brackish and hypersaline environments. In Stygofauna Mundi: A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna inhabiting Subterranean Waters (including the Marine Interstitial) (L. Botosaneanu, ed.) pp. 133-142. E. J. Brill / Dr. W. Backhuys: Leiden.

[MM02] Munn, E. A., & P. D. Munn. 2002. Feeding and digestion. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 211-232. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).