Ingenia Explained

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]

Notes and References

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. http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/nemaplex/Taxadata/Enoplea.HTM Class Enoplea.
3. http://faculty.ucr.edu/~pdeley/lab/taxonomy.html Phylum Nematoda.
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.