Metaparoncholaimus

  

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Classification:
Enoplea
     Enoplia
        Enoplida
           Oncholaimina
              Oncholaimoidea
                    Oncholaimidae
Oncholaiminae

Metaparoncholaimus de Coninck & Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1933

Type species of the genus: Metaparoncholaimus campylocercus (de Man, 1876) de Coninck & Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1933

Synonyms:

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref;  Smol et al., 2014

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Female:

  • Monodelphic-prodelphic with antidromously reflexed ovary.
  • Demanian system well developed with terminal ducts ending in pre-anal region.

Male:

  • Spicules short, pericloacal setae and precloacal papillae present.

 
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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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Metaparoncholaimus

    

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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.