Araguanema mutabile

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Drilonematoidea
             Drilonematidae
Diceloidinae

Araguanema mutabile Ivanova, 2016

    Synonyms:

     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Araguanema mutabile is characterized by:

 It differs from the type species of the genus (A. venezuelae) in:

 

Female:

  • monodelphic, prodelphic.
  • no distinct spermatheca,
  • vulva in posterior position (>80% of body length)
  • eggs thick-shelled and ornamented

Ref: Ivanova 2016

 

Males:  

  •  unknown

 

 Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

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Distribution:

Described from the coelomic cavity of a glossoscolecid earthworm, Aptodrilus fuhrmanni collected in Ecuador.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Parasites of the coelomic cavity of earthworms.
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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

 

 
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Damage:

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Management:

 
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References:

Ivanova, E.S. 2016. Araguanema mutabile sp. nov., a new species of a rare genus (Drilonematoidea: Cephalobomorpha) parasitic in earthworms of Ecuador. Revue suisse de Zoologie 123: 253-258

 

 
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