Croconema Cobb, 1920

Larrazábal-Filho, Alexandre L., Silva, Maria Cristina Da & Esteves, André M., 2015, Four new species of free-living marine nematodes of the family Desmodoridae (Nematoda: Desmodorida) and a redescription of Desmodora nini (Inglis, 1963) from the continental shelf off northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 63-92 : 75

Genus Croconema Cobb, 1920 according to Tchesunov (2014)

Syn. Aculeonchus Kreis, 1928 ; Bla Inglis, 1963 ; Xenodesmodora Wieser, 1951

Diagnosis (after Verschelde et al. 2006): Desmodorinae . Cuticle thick, coarsely annulated and often ornamented with ridges or spines. Head capsule long, labial region separated by a sutura. Fovea amphidialis located anteriorly on the head capsule. Numerous subcephalic setae arranged in three or more circles. Buccal cavity with prominent dorsal tooth and one or two small subventral teeth.

Croconema was designated as a subgenus of Desmodora by Gerlach & Riemann (1973) but restored to genus rank by Verschelde et al. (1998).