Rev. 02/04/25
Araeolaimoidea
Bodonematidae Jensen, 1991
Type genus of the family: Bodonema Jensen, 1991
A small family of free-living marine nematodes
Pharynx differentiated into three regions
Buccal cavity tubular with sclerotized walls continuing into a long tubular portion with sclerotized walls and surrounded by a muscular sheath
Mid-pharynx region with a series of bulbs each with sclerotized inner walls, ans a posterior region without sclerotized inner walls consisting of a narrow part and terminating in a pyriform bulb.
Ovaries are outstretched; aprogaster ipresent
The equally long setae of second and third crown of cephalic sensilla suggested to Jensen a position in the Axonolaimoidea, nut late moved to the Araeolaimoidea
Ref: Jensen, 1991
Microbial feeding nematodes of the deep benthos.
Jensen, P. 1991. Bodonematidae fam. n. (Nematoda: Monhysterida) accommodating Bodonema vossi (gen. et sp. n. from the deep-sea benthos of the Norwegian Sea. Sarsia 76: 11-75.
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