Drilocephalobus

 

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Classification:

 

Chromadorea
  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

     Tylenchina

 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.
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    Revised: October 11, 2021.