Belbolla

  

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Classification:
Enoplea
     Enoplia
        Enoplida
              Oncholaimoidea
                    Enchelidiidae

Belbolla Andrassy, 1973

Type species of the genus: Belbolla (Bolbella) tenuidens (Cobb, 1920) Andrassy, 1973

    Synonyms:

      Bolbella Cobb, 1920

    Bolbellia Gerlach and Rieman 1974

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

  • Diodelphic-mphidelphic

Male:

  • Diorchic
  • Spicules equal length, short and curved
  • Precoacal supplements present, winged

Ref:  Huang and Zhang, 2005; Smole at al., 2014;  Xiao and Guo, 2023.
from Huang and Zhang, 2005; Xiao and Guo, 2023
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Marine nematodes sometimes reported from mangrove swamps.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Belbolla

 

    

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Life Cycle:

 

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
 
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Damage:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Huang, Y., Zhang, Z.N. 2005. Three new species of the genus Belbolla (Nematoda : Enoplida : Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China.  Journal of Natural History 39:1689-1703.

Smol, N., Muthumbi, A., Sharma, J. 2014. Order Enoplida, 7.3. In Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed) Handbook of Zoology. De Gruyter, Berlin

Xiao, Y., Guo, Y. 2023. Three new free-living marine nematode species of Subsphaerolaimus Lorenzen, 1978, Halichoanolaimus de Man, 1886 and Belbolla Andrassy, 1973 from mangrove wetlands in Taiwan. Zootaxa 5631:301-322

 

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Revised: June 17, 2026.