Aphasmidia (Noun)
Meaning
One of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The phylum Nematoda is divided into two classes, with one of them being composed of the orders Aphasmidia.
- Aphasmidia consists of a number of free-living species that can be parasitised by other nematodes.
- However the group Aphasmidia is paraphyletic and not current in many studies.
- Chromadorea and Aphasmidia is one approach to classify the nematode phylum into two class system.
- Classification of the nematodes places the Aphasmidia as part of an informal two or higher classes in Nematoda.