Wiesoncholaimus

  

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Classification:
Enoplea
     Enoplia
        Enoplida
         Oncholaimina
              Oncholaimoidea
                    Oncholaimidae
Oncholaiminae

Wiesoncholaimus Inglis, 1966

Type species of the genus: Wiesoncholaimus mawsonae Inglis, 1966

Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Charasteristics of the genus:

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Female:

  • Monodelphic, prodelphic
  • Demanian system present, of Oncholaimoid type.

Male:

  • Spicules long, thin and slightly curved. > 3x cbd.
  • Gubernaculum present.
  • Males with a double papilliform structure on anterior lip of cloaca.

Ref: Shimada and Kakui, 2022; Smol et al., 2014

 
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Wiesoncholaimus

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Inglis W.G. 1966. Marine nematodes from Durban, South Africa. Bull Br Mus Nat Hist Zool 14: 81-106.

Shimada, D. and Kakui, K. 2022. Three Free-living Marine Nematodes From Sagami Bay, Japan, With a Description of Wiesoncholaimus jambio sp. nov. (Nematoda: Oncholaimidae). Zool. Science 39:106-114.

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 15, 2026.