Chromadorinae, Filipjev, 1917

Venekey, Virag, Gheller, Paula F., Kandratavicius, Noelia, Cunha, Beatriz Pereira, Vilas-Boas, Ana Carolina, Fonseca, Gustavo & Maria, Tatiana F., 2019, The state of the art of Chromadoridae (Nematoda, Chromadorida): a historical review, diagnoses and comments about valid and dubious genera and a list of valid species, Zootaxa 4578 (1), pp. 1-67 : 8

Subfamily Chromadorinae

Diagnosis (modified from Tchesunov, 2014): Cuticle homo- or heterogenous with or without lateral differentiation of larger dots. Anterior sensilla in three separate circles (6+6+4). Amphideal fovea oval loop or transverse slit-like, sometimes difficult to be observed under light microscope. Presence of three (sub)equal solid teeth (except for Prochromadora that present one single dorsal tooth and Trichromadora with three hollow teeth). Pharyngeal tissue not enlarged around the buccal cavity. Posterior pharyngeal bulb simple and well defined (except for Prochromadorella and Trichromadora with poorly developed bulb). Precloacal cup-shaped supplements usually present in males. Mostly marine but some genera have representatives in fresh- or brackish waters (see more details in each genus).