Drilocephalobus

Drilocephalobus	Contents	Rev 12/17/2024
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Cephaloboidea; Osstellidae
: Drilocephalobus Coomans and Goodey, 1965

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Head region high and offset
Lips completely amallgamated
Distinct sclerotization at the base of the stoma
Esophagus cylindrical but rather indistinct
Large slit to oval amphid openings at base of offset head region
Lateral field with 3-5 incisures
Esophagus slender with slight swelling at 1/3 its length and at the base, but without valves.

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References:

Coomans & Goodey, 1965 (Nematologica 11, 119)

De Ley, P and Coomans, A. 1990. Terrestrial nemtodes of the Galapagos Archipelago. 1: Three Rhabditida nfrom Isla Fernandina. Bull Inst. Roy. Sci, Nat. Belgique, Biologie 60:5-22

Bongers, T. 1994. De Nematoden van Nederland

Lisetskaya, L.F., 1968. [A new species Drilocephalobus moldavicus n. sp. (Nematoda : Drilonematidae)]. Paraziti zhivotnikh irastenyi, 3:94-95.

Siddiqi, M.R. 2001. Intern. J. Nemat. 11: 266-268.