Subfamily Euchromadorinae

Revised 03/01/26

Nematoda

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Chromadorida

Chromadorina

Chromadoroidea

                                                     Chromadoridae Filipjev, 1917
Euchromadorinae Gerlach & Riemann, 1973

Type genus of the subfamily: Euchromadora de Man, 1886

A subfamily of free-living marine nematodes

  • Cuticle with complex heterogeneous ornamentation along body, often with differentiation in lateral fields,
  • Six outer labial and four cephalic setae may be in a single circle
  • Arrangement of anterior sensilla (Inner Labial Sensilla; Outer Labial Sensilla and Cephalic Sensilla) in 2 circlets, that is 6+(6+4)
  • Amphid apertures slit-like or oval, posterior to cephalic setae
  • Buccal cavity with large dorsal tooth and with or without denticles or smaller subventral teeth.
  • Esophagus usually with or without posterior bulb.
  • Male gubernaculum with lateral pieces
  • Precloacal supplements absent.
  • Mainly marine  nematodes.
 
   

 Reference:s

Andrássy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary I.  Hungarian Natural History Museum.

Datta, T.K. and Al-Helal, M.A. 2023. Review of Euchromadorinae (Nematoda: Chromadorida) with description of a new species of Trochamus Boucher & De Bovee, 1971 from the Sundarban, India  Zootaxa doi..org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.4

Tchesunov, A.V. 2013. 7.12 Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter, W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2: Nematoda

 

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