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Classification:

Enoplea

     Enoplia

        Enoplida

Oncholaimina

              Oncholaimoidea

                    Enchelidiidae

Ledovitia Filipjev, 1927

Type sepecies of the genus: Ledovitia hirsuta Filipjev, 1927

Synonyms:
    

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Esophagus does not have multiple muscular bulbs.
• Extremely long cervical setae
• Three teeth in buccal cavity
• No sexual dimorphism in structure of buccal cavity.
• Conico-cylindrical tail
• Weakly developed male genital apparatus znd gubernaculum but with 2 ventral pre-clocacal supplements

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Distribution:

A genus of free-living marine nematodes.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Ledovitia

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Filipjev, I.N. 1927.  Les Nematodes libres des mers septentrionales appartenant a la famille des Enoplidae. Archiv fuer Naturgeschicht, Berlin, 91:1-216.

Homg, J-J., Lee, W. 2014. Two new species of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Oncholaimida: Enchelidiidae) from Maemul Island, Korea. Zootaxa 3785:419-437.

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

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 17, 2026.