Eucephalobus		Contents		Rev 05/12/2022
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

     Rhabditida

      Tylenchina

        Cephaloboidea

            Cephalobidae 

             Cephalobinae

                     Eucephalobus  Steiner, 1936

    Type species of the genus Eucephalobus oxyuroides (de Man, 1876) Steiner, 1937

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Labial probollae - Eucephalobus Photograph by Nadler et al., 2006

Spermatheca usually offset.. Male without bursa..

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

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

 Eucephalobus sp. observed to establish colonies on several species of bacteria (Wood, 1973).    

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Abolafia, J., Pena-Santiago, R. 2020. On the identity of Eucephalobus oxyuroides (de Man, 1876) Steiner, 1936 (Rhabditida, Cephalobidae), with an updated taxonomy of the genus and notes about its phylogeny. J. Nematology 52: | DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2020-061

Nadler, S.A., De Ley, P.,Mundo-Ocampo, M., Smythe, A.B.,Stock, S.P., Bumbarger, D., Adams, B.J., Tandingan De Ley, I., Holovachov, O., Baldwin, J.G. 2006. Phylogeny of Cephalobina (Nematoda): Molecular evidence for recurrent evolution of probolae and incongruence with traditional classifications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40: 696-711.

Wood, F.H. 1973. Nematode feeding relationships: Feeding relationships of soil-dwelling nematodes. Soil Riol. Biochem. 5: 593-601.

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Revised: May 12, 2022.