Prochaetosomatinae

Fedyaeva, Maria A., Neretina, Tatjana V., Konovalova, Olga P. & Tchesunov, Alexei V., 2016, Two known and one new species of Draconematidae and Epsilonematidae (Nematoda, Desmodorida) from the White Sea, North Russia, Zootaxa 4121 (4), pp. 383-411 : 392

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.4.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D6F1D690-31AC-47AD-A81C-25FC823599DB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5628343
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F17E4C-FF86-FFC7-FF30-FF42FD455BB9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Prochaetosomatinae
status

Treatment

Subfamily Prochaetosomatinae Allen & Noffsinger, 1978

(syn. Cygnonematinae Allen & Noffsinger, 1978; Dracognominae Allen & Noffsinger, 1978; Notochaetosomatinae Allen & Noffsinger, 1978)

Diagnosis (emend. after Lorenzen 1994; Allen & Noffsinger 1978; Decraemer et al. 1997): Draconematidae . Pharyngeal body region swelling slight or not present. Pharynx without median narrowing (except for Dracognomus ). Buccal cavity small to moderately developed, with unclear to conspicuous dorsal tooth.

Type genus: Prochaetosoma Micoletzky, 1922 .