Prooncholaimus tani

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
     Enoplia
        Enoplida
              Oncholaimoidea
                    Oncholaimidae
Oncholaiminae

Prooncholaimus tani Chen, Nguyen & Smol, 2015.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Species description from male specimens/

 

Females:

 

   
   

 

Males:  

  • Diorchic, paired.
  • Spicules are simple, paired, equal in length, cuticularised, curved, L-shaped, 2.12 x claocal body diam.
  • Gubernaculum small and thin (approximately 13.4 um).
  • Vas deferens with sperm cells.
  •  Pre- and post-cloacal setae present together with some short setae along the tail region.
  •  Caudal gland not observed. Two short terminal setae observed.

Ref: Chen et al., 2015.

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes described from sediment samples from a small intertidal sandy-rocky beach at Tanjung Tajam at the westernmost corner of Pulau Ubin in the East Johor Strait, Singapore.

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Economic Importance:

 

 

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Feeding:

 
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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

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Management:

 
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References:

Chen, C-A., Nguyen, D.T., Smol, N. 2015. Two new free-living marine nematode species from an intertidal sandyrocky shore on Pulau Ubin, Singapore with a key to the valid species of the genera Prooncholaimus and Acanthonchus. Raffles Bull. Zoology Suppl. 31 68-74.

 
 
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