Dioctophymidae is a family of nematodes belonging to the order Ascaridida.[1] Much older literature uses the alternative spelling "Dioctophymatidae" but this alternative spelling was suppressed by the ICZN in a 1987 ruling.[2]

Dioctophymidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Dioctophymidae
Raillet, 1915
Synonyms
  • Dioctophymatidae Raillet, 1915

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