Benthimermithidae, Petter, 1980

Miljutin, Dmitry M. & Miljutina, Maria A., 2009, Description of Bathynema nodinauti gen. n., sp. n. and four new Trophomera species (Nematoda: Benthimermithidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (Eastern Tropic Pacific), supplemented with the keys to genera and species *, Zootaxa 2096 (1), pp. 173-196 : 175

Key to Benthimermithidae genera

1 Pharynx possessing distinct axial internal lumen over most of its length ........................................ Bathynema gen. n.

- Pharynx devoid of distinct internal lumen.................................................................................................................... 2

2 In females, numerous multicellular glands associated with oviducts present ...................... Adenodelphis Petter, 1983

- In females, multicellular glands absent on oviducts ...................................... Trophomera Rubtzov & Platonova, 1974 [= Benthimermis Petter, 1980 ; = Abos Rubtzov, 1980 (last revision: Miljutin 2006)]