Ingenia
| Ingenia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Araeolaimida |
| Family: | Tripyloididae |
| Genus: | Ingenia Gerlach, 1957 |
| Type species | |
| Ingenia mirabilis Gerlach, 1957 | |
Ingenia is a genus of marine nematode worms. It belongs to the Tripyloididae, which is a group that are mostly free-living and which feed on diatoms and other algaes. It contains three known species: I. mirabilis, the type species native to Brazil; Ingenia communis, found in the Mekong Delta; and Ingenia major found in the Yellow Sea.