Marimermis

  

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Classification:

         Enoplea

Dorylaimia

Mermithida

    Mermithina

               Mermithoidea

                           Marimermithidae

            Marimermis

Nematode parasites of marine invertebrates.

Rubzov and Platonova (1974) erected the new family Marimermithidae to include Marimermis and two other genera, Trophomera Rubzov & Platonova, 1974 and Thalassonema Ward, 1933, which were the only genera known at the time.

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Unlike some other genera in the family, Marimermis does not have a trophosome in the alimentary tract.

   
   
   
   
   

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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

 
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Life Cycle:

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Management:

 

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References:

Platonova, T. A., & Galtsova, V. V. (1976). Nematodes and their role in the meiobenthos. Akademiya Nauk.

Rubtsov, I. A. (1977). A new genus and species of parasitic Nematode, Ananus asteroideus (Nematoda, Marimermithidae), from the Asteroid Diplopteraster perigrinator. Bulletin Du Muséum National D’histoire Naturelle, 496, 1113–1116.

Rubtsov, I. A. (1985). A new species of the genus Thalassonema (Nematoda). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 64, 446–448.

Rubtsov, I. A., & Platonova, T. A. (1974). A new family of marine parasitic nematodes. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 53, 1445–1458.

 

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