Placodira lobata

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Placodira lobata Thorne, 1937

Synonym:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle tessellate over anterior 12 to 16 annules.
Labial probolae low, thick, rounded. Cephalic probolae lobe-like .
Width of lateral field about 20% of body diam.
Length of esophageal isthmus less than neck width; corpus slender, cylindrical.
Nerve ring far forward surrounding corpus near beginning of its posterior third .
Excretory pore near nerve ring
. Deirids located midway between bulb and nerve ring

Ref: Thorne, 1937

Placodira lobata: tessellate cuticle in anterior, and labial probolae.
From Thorne (1937)

Female:

Posterior uterine branch three times as long as body width

Male:

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

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

DeLey, I.T., Nadler, S.A., Bostrom, S., Robinson, C., Holovachov, O. 2011. Redescription of Placodira lobata Thorne, 1937 (Rhabditida: Cephalobidae) with a discussion of the systematic position of the genus. Nematology 13:104-113.

Thorne, G. 1937. A revision of the nematode family Cephalobidae Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934. Proc. Helminth Soc. Wash. 4:1-16.