Aulachnema

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Rhabditoidea

        Angiostomatidae

 

        Aulachnema Van Luc, Spiridinov & Wilson, 2005

  Type species of the genus: Aulachnema monodelphis Van Luc, Spiridinov & Wilson, 2005

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

 


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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

 Parasites of terrestrial snails and slugs.

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Ivanova, E.S. & Spiridonov, S.E. 2018. Aulachnema meets Phasmarhabditis: a case of Aulachnema kimmeriense Korol & Spiridonov, 1991. Russian Journal of Nematology 26: 77-85..

Ross, J.L., Ivanova, E.S., Spiridonov, S.E., Waeyenberge, L., Moens, M., Nicol, G.W., Wilson, M.J. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of slug-parasitic nematodes inferred from 18S rRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55:738-743.

Singh, P.R., Couvreur, M., Decraemer, W. & Bert, W. 2019. Survey of slug-parasitic nematodes in East and West Flanders, Belgium and description of Angiostoma gandavensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Angiostomidae) from arionid slugs. Journal of Helminthology 94, e25. DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X19000105

Van Luc, P., Spiridonov, S.E. & Wilson, M.J. (2005). Aulachnema monodelphis n. g., n. sp. and Aulachnema coloaense n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditida: Aulachnematidae) from terrestrial molluscs of Vietnam. Systematic Parasitology 60, 91-97.

Waki, T., Hino, A. & Umeda, K. 2018. Angiostoma namekuji n. sp. (Nematoda: Angiostomatidae) from terrestrial slugs on Oshiba Island in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. Systematic Parasitology 95, 913-920. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-018-9824-y

 

 
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