Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria

Plectida Gadea, 1973

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

*Benthimermithida*	Tchesunov, 1995	synonym

Benthimermithidae Petter, 1980
Ceramonematina Cobb, 1933
Plectida incertae sedis
Plectina Malakhov, Ryzhikov & Sonin, 1982

taxonomy source	Holovachov, O. (2014). 7.16 Order Plectida Gadea, 1973. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa A. (ed.) Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Volume 2: Nematoda. 487-535.
taxonomy source	Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin. 759 pp.
taxonomy 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.
identification resource	Zullini, A. (2021). NEMATODI D'ACQUA DOLCE - Manuale di identificazione al genere e metodi di raccolta. Biologia Ambientale - Rivista del Centro Italiano Studi di Biologia Ambientale. volume 35 2021 - 2° supplemento - ISSN 2611-5182.

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Plectida. 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:458811

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Plectida Gadea, 1973. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a666d63e-5448-43ca-9d70-40ceb2fcd0c0