Operculorhabditis

Operculorhabditis		Contents		Rev 05/19/2025
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Classification:

Rhabditoidea

Operculorhabditis Khera, 1969

Type species of the genus: Operculorhabditis longispiculosa Khera, 1969

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Lips closed, lobate, moderately cuticularised and slightly incised.
Stoma cylindrical and spacious, prismatic; cheilorhabdions apparently absent, metarhabdions each with a single, hollow tooth.
Esophageal sleeve/collar absent.
Esophagus with a median bulb and a valvulated terminal bulb.

Female:

Monodelphic-prodelphic
Vulva well posterior, provided with a flap like deciduous cuticular operculum (the basis for the genus neame).
Female tail dome shaped with a spine.

Male:

Monorchic.
Tail with an open peloderan bursa that is with 10 pairs of radially-arranged papillae
Spicules long and slender, distally fused.
Gubernaculum long.

Ref: Khera, 1969

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

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Distribution:

Type species collected from soil on the banks of an open sewer in Jodhpur, India.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Operculorhabditis

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Khera, S. 1969. Nematodes from the banks of still and running waters. VI. Rhabditida from sewer. J. Helminthology. 43:347-363.

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Revised: May 19, 2025.

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