Dorylaimopsinae

D, Leduc, K, Probert P. & D, Nodder S., 2012, Two new free-living nematode species (Comesomatidae) from the continental slope of New Zealand, with keys and notes on distribution, Zootaxa 3348, pp. 40-55 : 43

Subfamily Dorylaimopsinae De Coninck 1965

Diagnosis (from Jensen 1979): Cuticle usually differentiated laterally. Cephalic sense organs in three distinctly separated crowns. Buccal cavity strongly cuticularised; anterior portion shallow, sometimes with small pointed projections at border with vestibulum; posterior portion dilated, cylindrical or conical, with strongly cuticularised walls and three thornlike projections at the border between the two portions. Spicules sometimes differentiated proximally, medially or distally. Gubernacular apophyses usually directed caudally, occasionally dorsocaudally.