Protorhabditis spiculocrestata

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea

Rhabditia
 Rhabditida

                  Rhabditoidea

                   Rhabditidae

Rhabditinae

 

        Protorhabditis spiculocrestata Abolafia & Pena-Santiago, 2007
Synonyms:
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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Small nematodes, 441-561 �m long. Body cylindrical, tapering towards both ends, more so posteriad.
  •  Cuticle with distinct transverse striations or annuli, about 1 �m wide at midbody.
  • Lateral field with five incisures or four ridged wings at midbody, two at posterior region which fade out near anus.
  • Lip region with six small lips, more or less rounded; papillae visible.
  • Stoma rhabditoid, lacking glottoid apparatus. Cheilostom with weakly refractive walls. Buccal ring  lower in longitudinal section. Buccal prism with straight walls, very long and narrow.
  • Esophageal collar very short. Procorpus cylindrical. Metacorpus swollen, almost ovoid, with its inner walls more refractive. Isthmus almost as long as procorpus.
  • Basal bulb small, ovoid or pyriform. Cardia conoid to hemispherical, surrounded by intestinal tissue.
  • Nerve ring at 71-80% of neck length, surrounding the isthmus.
  • Excretory pore at 82-92% of neck length, at level of isthmus base or basal bulb, behind the hemizonid.
  • Deirid at basal bulb level, at 90-97% of neck length.

Female:

  • Didelphic-amphidelphic, with anterior branch dextral and posterior branch sinistral.
  • Ovaries with a flexure.
  • Uterus two times the corresponding body diameter long, having thicker walls at proximal portion and distinct lumen at distal one.
  • Vagina extending inwards to one-third of body diameter, with thicker walls at proximal portion.
  • Rectum 1.1-1.3 times as long as anal body diameter.
  • Tail conical-elongate, and terminus with acute mucro. Phasmid near anus.

Male:

  • Reproductive system monorchic. Testis reflexed ventrally anteriorly.
  • Tail conical.
  • Bursa peloderan, closed anteriorly, and with eight papillae (1+2+1+1+3).
  • Spicules free: manubrium rounded; lamina bent at its middle, with well developed dorsal hump and ventral wing at its middle; terminus ventrad curved, with acute tip and a subdorsal crest.
  • Gubernaculum sigmoid.
  • The specific epithet refers to the presence of a subdorsal crest in the spicules, a remarkable morphological feature of this species.

Ref: Abolafia and Pena-Santiago, 2007

 

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Distribution:

Described from soil in a Mediterranean plant community near the road from Alameda to Fuente de Piedra, province of Málaga, Spain;

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Feeding:

  Bacteria

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

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References:

Abolafia, J and Pena-Santiago, R. 2007. Nematodes of the Order Rhabditida from Andalucía Oriental, Spain. The Genera Protorhabditis (Osche, 1952) Dougherty, 1953 and Diploscapter Cobb, 1913, with Description of P. spiculocrestata sp. n. and a Species Protorhabditis Key. Journal of Nematology, 39:263-274

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 17, 2024.