Litoditis

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Rhabditoidea

        Rhabditidae

 

        Litoditis Sudhaus, 2011
Type species of the genus:  Litoditis marina (Bastian, 1865) Sudhaus, 2011

  Synonyms:

Rhabditis

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

 


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

 

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Litoditis

  Bacterial feeders.

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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References:

Bastian, H. C. 1865. Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.

Sudhaus, W. 2011. Phylogenetic systematisation and catalogue of paraphyletic "Rhabditidae" (Secernentea, Nematoda). Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics. 14(2): 113-178.

 

 
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Revised by Howard Ferris: September 21, 2026.

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