Ingenia

Ingenia is a genus of marine nematode worms native to Brazil, with a single known species, I. mirabilis.[1][2][3] It belongs to the Tripyloididae, which is a group that are mostly free-living[4] and which feed on diatoms and other algaes.[2]

This article is about the nematode worm. For the dinosaur formerly known as Ingenia yanshini, see Heyuannia.

Ingenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Enoplea
Order:
Enoplida
Suborder:
Tripyloidina
Family:
Tripyloididae
Genus:
Ingenia

Gerlach, 1957
Type species
Ingenia mirabilis
Gerlach, 1957

References
Wikispecies has information related to Ingenia.
  1. Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Die Nematodenfauna des Sandstrandes an der Küste von Mittelbrasilien (Brasilianische Meerse-Nematoden IV). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 33 (2): 411-459.
  2. Class Enoplea. Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Nemaplex: Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. University of California, Davis. Version October 9, 2012.
  3. Phylum Nematoda. Nematode Classification. Department of Nematology. University of California, Riverside.
  4. Bik, H. M., et al. (2010). Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades. BMC Evol Biol. 10: 353.


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