Biology:Chronogaster

Short description: Genus of roundworms

Chronogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Araeolaimida
Family:	Leptolaimidae
Genus:	Chronogaster Cobb, 1913
Type species
Chronogaster gracilis Cobb, 1913
Species
Chronogaster alata Gerlach, 1956 Chronogaster boettgeri Kischke, 1956 Chronogaster brasiliensis Meyl, 1957 Chronogaster chilensis Raski and Maggenti, 1984 Chronogaster daoi Loof, 1964 Chronogaster elegans Raski & Maggenti, 1984 Chronogaster gracilis Cobb, 1913 Chronogaster longicollis (Daday, 1899) Chronogaster magnifica Chronogaster subtilis Chronogaster tenuis Chronogaster troglodytes Chronogaster typica (De Man, 1921)
Synonyms
Walcherenia De Man, 1921

Chronogaster is a genus of nematodes.

The Encyclopedia of Life (eol) places the genus in the order Araeolaimida and the family Leptolaimidae whereas Wikispecies and the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) place the genus in the order Plectida, superfamily Plectoidea and family Chronogastridae, where it is the type genus of the family.

External links

• Chronogaster at the World Register of Marine Spacies (WoRMS)

Wikidata ☰ Q4137596 entry