Diagnosis (emended from Platonova, 1984). Crenopharynginae. Pharyngeal capsule simple, elongate, thin-walled,
with small outgrowths at the anterior end. Lips not developed. Outer labial and head setae in two separate circles.
Ocelli absent. Spicules short, paired, slightly curved. Gubernaculum without apophysis. Precloacal supplement
absent. Five incaudal caudal glands.
Type species
Phanodermopsis groenlandica Ditlevsen, 1926
= Galeonema citronicauda Filipjev, 1927
Other species
Phanodermopsis attenuata Wieser, 1953
Phanodermopsis caudata Filipjev, 1927
= Galeonema caudata Filipjev, 1927
Phanodermopsis conicauda Filipjev, 1946
Phanodermopsis cylindrocaudata Kreis, 1928
Phanodermopsis ingrami Mawson, 1958
Phanodermopsis nana sp. n.
Phanodermopsis longicauda Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1950 = Galeonema longicauda Filipjev, 1927
Phanodermopsis obsticauda Filipjev, 1946
Phanodermopsis reducta Filipjev, 1927
Phanodermopsis suecica Allgen, 1953