Plutellonema

  

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Classification:

Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Drilonematoidea
             Drilonematidae
Iponematinae

          Plutellonema Timm & Maggenti, 1966

Type species of the genus: Plutellonema clitellatum Timm & Maggenti, 1966

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female:

  • . Clitellum-like bulge around vulva.

Male

Ref: Ivanova and Neuhaus, 2011.
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

      Parasites of the coelomic cavity of annelids.

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Hosts:
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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

 

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References:

 Ivanova, E. and Neuhaus, B. 2011. A revision of the Iponematinae (Nematoda: Drilonematoidea) with description of three new species parasitic in tropical earthworms. Nematology 13:639-652.

Timm, R.W. and Maggenti, A.R. 1966. Nematode parasites of the coelomic cavity of earthworms V. Plutellonema, Iponema and Filiponema new genera (Drilonematidae). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 33: 177-184

 

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 09, 2024.