Filoncholaimus		Contents		Rev 08/30/2026
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Classification:

Enoplea

     Enoplia

        Enoplida

Oncholaimina

              Oncholaimoidea

                    Oncholaimidae

Pontonematinae

Filoncholaimus Filijev, 1927

Type species of the genus: Filoncholaimus filicaudatus (Ditlevsen, 1926) Filipjev, 1927

Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle smoothy
• Buccal cavity bucket-shaped
• Two ventrosublateral teeth equal in size and larger than the dorsal tooth.
• Tail long and filiform.
• Marine.

Males:

• Diorchic, testes opposed, outstretched
• Spicules curved, > 3cbd long
• Gubernaulum seimple with lateral pieces
• Precloacal supplement present

Ref: Smol et al., 2014; Huang and Guo, 2022

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Distribution:

Free-living  marine nematodes. Reported from subtidal muddy sediment.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Filoncholaimus

  Opportunstic predators and epistrate ingesters.

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

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Revised by Howard Ferris: August 30, 2026.