Cervidellus		Contents		Rev 07/18/2020
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

      Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Cephaloboidea

          Cephalobidae

      Cervidellus Thorne, 1937
      

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Morphology and Anatomy:

photomicrographs by J.G. Baldwin and M. Mundo, UC Riverside	Cervidellus alutus SEM photograph from Nadler et al., 2006
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

 Bacteria    

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Mounport, D., P. Baujard, P. De Ley, M. C. Van de Velde, A. Coomans and J. G. Baldwin. 2000. Ultrastructural variation of cuticular layers in Cephalobinae (Nemata: Rhabditida). J. Nematology 32:13-19.

Nadler, S.A., DeLey, 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.

Shahina, F., and P. De Ley. 1997. Two new species of Cephalobidae from Valle De La Luna, Argentina, and observations of the genera Acrobeles and Nothacrobeles (Nematoda: Rhabditida)

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: July 18, 2020.