Plectonchus Fuchs, 1930

Type species of the genus: Plectonchus cunicularii Fuchs, 1930

Note: Abolafia et al. (2016) transferred Plectonchus hunti Stock, De Ley, De Ley, Mundo-Ocampo, Baldwin & Nadler, 2002 to the genus Panagrobelus Thorne, 1939, based on morphological and molecular data (Ghaemi et al, 2025). Further, Ghaemi et al (2025) resolved phylogenetic relationships and assigned the genus Plectonchus to the family Brevibuccidae as proposed originally by Andr�ssy (2005)

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Plectonchus

Bacterial feeders.

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Biology and Ecology:

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References:

Andr�ssy, I. 2005. Free-living nematodes of Hungary I (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Systematic Zoology Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Ghaemi, R., Pourjam, E., Pedram, M., Alvarez-Ortega, S., Abolafia, J., Atighi, M.R. 2025. Redescription and revalidation of Plectonchus zondagi (Dale, 1967) Abolafia, Alizadeh & Khakvar, 2016 (Rhabditida, Brevibuccidae) from Iran with notes on taxonomic position of the genus. Nematology 27:583-594.

Stock, S.P., DeLey, P., DeLey, I., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Baldwin, J.G., and Nadler, S.A. 2002. Nematology 4:403-419.

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Revised: February 13, 2026 .