Classification:

      Chromadorea
         Rhabditida
         Rhabditia
          Alirhabditidae

Alirhabditis Suryawanshi, 1971

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle finely striated
• Lip region narrow, lips amalgamated as a labial disc.
• Amphids on posterior part of lip region.
• Stoma cylindrical, base surrounded by an esophageal collar.
• Esophageal corpus cylindrical, followe by isthmus and basal bulb.
• Tail elongate filiform in both sexes.

Female

• Vulva at slightly >50% of body length
• Monodelphic prodelphic, ovary reflexed and extending posterior to vulva.
• Spermatheca in flexure of gonad.
• Short postvulval sac

Male:

• Monorchic
• Spicules arcuate
• Gubernaculum present
• No bursa.

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Bacterial feedinjg

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Suryawanshi. M.V. 1971. Alirhabditis indica N. Gen., N. Sp. (Rhabditida: Alirhabditidae N. Fam), Tawdenema indicum N. Gen., N. Sp. and Syedella aurangabadensis N. Gen., N. Sp. (Diplogasteridae) From Marathwada, India. Nematologica 17:542-552.

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, I (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 518p.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 06, 2022 .