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Cryptonchus

Cryptonchus Cobb, 1913 (ref. ID; 3570)

Enoplida Filijev, 1929: Family Cryptonchidae Chitwood, 1937 (ref. ID; 3570)

Family Ironidae (ref. ID; 6182)

ref. ID; 1663

Posterior end pointed; amphid stirrup-shaped. Uncommon species. (ref. ID; 1663)

ref. ID; 1795

Bacterial feeders. (ref. ID; 1795)

ref. ID; 1923

Teeth at base of stoma. Caudal glands absent. Aquatic. (ref. ID; 1923)

ref. ID; 3570

Type species

Cryptonchus nudus Cobb, 1913 (ref. ID; 3570)
  1. Cryptonchus abnormis (Allgen, 1933) Stekhoven, 1951 (ref. ID; 3570)
    Syn; Cylindrolaimus abnormis Allgen, 1933 (ref. ID; 3570)
  2. Cryptonchus nudus Cobb, 1913 (ref. ID; 3570) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 1923)
    See; Cryptonchus tristis (ref. ID; 3570)
  3. Cryptonchus tristis (Ditlevsen, 1911) Filipjev, 1936 (ref. ID; 3570) or (Ditlevsen) (ref. ID; 1795)
    Syn; Cryptonchus nudus Cobb, 1913 (ref. ID; 3570); Cylindrolaimus tristis Ditlevsen, 1911 (ref. ID; 3570)