Teratocephalus tenuis

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Plectina
Plectoidea
            Teratocephalidae
  
       Terocephalus tenuis Andrassy, 1958

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Slender, cylindrical, tapering posterioly to an elongate conoid tail. 
  • Cuticle with coarse transverse striations and longitudinal incisures, resulting in a tessellate or tiled appearance.
  • Lip region offset with 6 high truncate lips.
  • Stoma wide anterior;y and posterior region nsarrow, surrounded by a collar of anterior esophagus.
  • Female monovarial, prodelphic.
  • Male smaller and more slender than female.
  • Spicules strongly curved, no gubernaculum.

    Ref: Brostrom & Holovachov. 2001.
Cuticular markings of Teratocephalus tenuis. Panel B: Excretory pore region; Panel D:Showing lateral field; Panel F: Vulva region. Bars represent 1µm.  SEM micrographs by Brostrom and Holovachov (2001).
   
  Anterior region of Teratocephalus tenuis.  Drawings from Brostrom and Holovachov (2001).

 

  

  
   

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Biology and Ecology:

Reported from rotting wood under the bark of a tree.

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References:

Brostrom, S.  & Holovachov, O.  2001 Study of Teratocephalidae (Nematoda) from the Ukraine. II. Description of a population of Teratocephalus tenuis Andrassy, 1958 with a discussion of male sexual characters. Russian Journal of Nematology 9:69-76.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 17, 2024.