Seinura tenuicaudata

  

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Classification:

      Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchoididae

Seinurinae

           Seinura tenuicaudata (De Man, 1895) J.B. Goodey, 1960

Type species of the genus

Synonyms

 Aphelenchus tenuicaudatus De Man, 1895

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Morphology and Anatomy:


 

  Drawing by Hechler, 1963

  
   
   

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

  
    
   

 

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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Predatory on other nematodes.

Use stylet to penetrate prey and withdraw body contents.

 

 
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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Predatory on other nematodes.

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Management:

 

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References:

Hechler, H.C. 1963. Description, developmental biology, and feeding habits of Seinura tenuicaudata (De Man) J.B. Goodey, 1960 (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae), a nematode predator. Proc. Helminthological Society of Washington 30: 182-195.

 

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