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Teratocephalus

Teratocephalus De Man, 1876 (ref. ID; 3571)

Suborder Teratocephalina: Family Tetratocephalidae (ref. ID; 3547)

Araeolaimida De Coninck & Stekhoven, 1933: Family Tetratocephalidae Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 3571)

Family Tetratocephalidae (ref. ID; 6182, 6740)

ref. ID; 1663

Cuticle strongly annulated; amphid obscure; ovary single. (ref. ID; 1663)

ref. ID; 1923

Head with 6 large sclerotized inwardly acting structures; stoma short and more or less conoid; amphids postcephalic; unispiral to circular; esophago-intestinal valve short; caudal glands and spinneret absent. (Aquatic to terrestrial) (ref. ID; 1923)

ref. ID; 3547, 6155, 6859

Bacterial feeder. (ref. ID; 3547, 6155, 6859)

ref. ID; 3571

Type species

Anguillula terrestris Butschli 1873, designated by De Man, 1876 (ref. ID; 3571)
  1. Teratocephalus annulatus Khera, 1967 (ref. ID; 3571)
  2. Teratocephalus brevicaudatus Stekhoven, 1951 (ref. ID; 3571)
  3. Teratocephalus cornutus Cobb, 1914
    See; Euteratocephalus palustris (ref. ID; 3571)
  4. Teratocephalus costatus Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 3571)
  5. Teratocephalus crassicauda Daday, 1897
    See; Euteratocephalus palustris (ref. ID; 3571)
  6. Teratocephalus crassidens De Man, 1880
    See; Euteratocephalus crassidens (ref. ID; 3571)
  7. Teratocephalus dadayi Andrassy, 1968 (ref. ID; 3571)
  8. Teratocephalus decarinus Anderson, 1969 (ref. ID; 3571)
  9. Teratocephalus deconincki Anderson, 1969 (ref. ID; 3571)
  10. Teratocephalus demani Stefanski, 1924
    See; Euteratocephalus demani (ref. ID; 3571)
  11. Teratocephalus hemisphaericus (Linstow, 1877) De Coninck, 1965 (ref. ID; 3571)
    Syn; Mitrephoros hemisphaericus Linstow, 1877 (ref. ID; 3571)
  12. Teratocephalus lirellus Anderson, 1969 (ref. ID; 3571) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 3547, 6568, 7080)
  13. Teratocephalus micrurus Rahm, 1924 (ref. ID; 3571)
  14. Teratocephalus palustris De Man, 1880
    See; Euteratocephalus palustris (ref. ID; 3571)
  15. Teratocephalus spiralis Micoletzky, 1913
    See; Euteratocephalus crassidens (ref. ID; 3571)
  16. Teratocephalus spiraloides Micoletzky, 1913
    See; Euteratocephalus palustris (ref. ID; 3571)
  17. Teratocephalus subvexus Anderson, 1969 (ref. ID; 3571)
  18. Teratocephalus tenuis Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 3571)
  19. Teratocephalus terrestris (Butschli, 1873) De Man, 1876 (ref. ID; 1756, 2588, 2592, 3571)
    Syn; Anguillula terrestris Butschli, 1873 (ref. ID; 3571) reported year? (ref. ID; 2592)