Pontonema		Contents		Rev 02/02/2023
		Classification		Hosts
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Pontonema Menu		Economic Importance		Damage
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Enoplea

     Enoplia

        Enoplida

              Oncholaimoidea

                    Oncholaimidae

Oncholaimellinae

Pontonema

Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Free-living  marine nematodes, including in deep-sea sites.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Adults from Arctic deep-sea sites are facultative predators of other nematodes; the intestines have a number of partially degested nematode prey as well as spicules of prey nematodes.  Younger juveniles appear to feed on dissolved organic material and decaying organisms. Some juveniles observed with bodies of several Thalassomonhystera , especially T. molloyensis, in the intestine (Fonseca and Gallucci, 2008).

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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References:

Fonseca, G., Gallucci, F. 2008. Direct evidence of predation in deep-sea nematodes: the case of Pontonema sp. Cah. Biol. Mar. 49:295-297.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 02, 2023.