Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda

Secernentea Chitwood, 1958

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: unaccepted

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Oxyurida

original description	Chitwood, B. G. (1958). The Designation of Official Names for Higher Taxa of Invertebrates (Commission Reference: Z.N.(S.)1242). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 15: 860-895.
additional source	Aboul-Eid, H. Z. (1969). Histological anatomy of the excretory and reproductive systems of Longidorus macrostoma. Nematologica. 15: 437-450.
status source	De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653.

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Secernentea. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2133

Taxonomic Coordinator. Secernentea Chitwood, 1958. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6f6ab2e2-1557-4dbe-a9cc-e3b3643626d3