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Classification:

Enoplea

     Enoplia

        Enoplida

Oncholaimina

              Oncholaimoidea

                    Enchelidiidae

Abelbolla Huang & Zhang, 2004

Type species of the genus: Abelbolla boucheri Huang & Zhang, 2004

Synonyms:
    

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Characteristics of the genus:

• Body elongate and tapered anteriorly.
• Stoma divided into 2 parts with a large right ventrosublateral tooth and two smaller (dorsal and left ventrosublateral) teeth.
• Pharynx widening posteriorly, but without differentiated multiple bulbs.

Ref: Huang and Zhang, 2004; Smol et al., 2014

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Abelbolla

     Free-living marine nematodes, probably omnivores.

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Hong, J-H. and Lee, W. 2014. Two new species of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Oncholaimida: Enchelidiidae) from Maemul Island, Korea. Zootaxa 3785 (3): 419-437.

Huang, Y. and Zhang, Z. 2004.  A new genus and three new species of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. Cahiers de biologie Marine, 45: 343-354.

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 16, 2026.