Kreisoncholaimus

 

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Classification:

      
Enoplea
     Enoplia
        Enoplida
Oncholaimina
              Oncholaimoidea
                    Oncholaimidae
Adoncholaiminae

Kreisoncholaimus Rachor, 1969

Type species of the genus: Kreisoncholaimu nudus (Kreis, 1932) Rachor, 1969

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 
   

General Characteriistics of Genus:

  • Body strongly attenuating anteriorly. Anterior sensilla indistinct.
  • Amphids positioned far anteriorly.
  • Buccal cavity large, dorsal wall longer posteriorly than the ventral wall, right ventrosublateral tooth largest. 
  • Marine.

Female:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic, with antidromously reflexed ovaries.
  • Demanian system present, symmetrical; the main duct runs parallel to the uterus and ends in the region of the uvette. Short wounded ductus uterine connect the uvette with the uterus, osmosium not observed, and is connected to the vagina. No terminal duct and terminal pores but a connection between main duct and vagina.

Male:

  • Spicules long, gubernaculum present or absent.

Ref: 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 Kreisoncholaimus

 

   

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
 
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Damage:

 

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References:

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.