Heterocephalobellus

Heterocephalobellus	Contents	Rev 12/17/2024
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Classification:

      Heterocephalobellus Rashid, Geraert & Sharma, 1985

Type species of the genus: Heterocephalobellus brasiliensis Rashid, Geraert & Sharma, 1985

Morphology and Anatomy:

Heterocephalobellus panamericanus. A. Pharyngeal region; B: labial region, surface view;

C: Female gonad and post-vulval uterine sac; E: Male tail:

Drawings from Bostrom and Holovachov, 2013

curicle striated; laterl field with 3 incisures
three lips, large labial probollae
cephalic probollae absent
amphids very small
stoma narrow, cephaloboid
esophagus very long, often with a loop,
anterior ovary reflexed; very long post-vulval uterine sac
male with simple spicules and paired papillae as supplements
tail similar in both sexes, conoid to sharp or rounded point.

Ref: Andrassy, 2005

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary. Vol 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum

Bostrom, S. and Holovachov, O. 2013. Description of one new species of Heterocephalobellus Rashid, Geraert & Sharma, 1985 (Rhabditida, Cephalobidae) from Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA and Monte desert, Usno, Argentina. J. Nematol. Morphology and Systemastics 16:161-166

Rashid, F., E Geraert, RD Sharma 1985. Morphology, taxonomy and morphometry of some Cephalobidae (Nematoda: Rhabditida) from Brazil, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Nematologica 30:251-298.