Muspiceoidea

Muspiceoidea

[myüs‚pī·sē′ȯid·ē·ə] (invertebrate zoology) A superfamily of parasitic nematodes in the order Dioctophymatida, distinguished by a greatly reduced neurosensory structure, the absence of (except in one species) amphids and cephalic papillae, and, in females, a reduced digestive tube; males have never been reported.