Tylopharynx foetida

Tylopharynx foetida	Contents	Rev: 07/17/2023
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Diplogastria
Diplogastrida
Diplogastroidea: Tylopharyngidae

Tylopharynx foetida (Butschli, 1874) Goffart, 1930

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Females and Males:

From Wu et al., 2001

Males:

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Tylopharynx foetida feeds on fungal hyphae by ripping apart the cell wall with stegostomatal teeth. The teeth are pushed out of the buccal cavity by elongation of the pharynx during each pumping cycle (Forst von Lieven, 2002).

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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References:

Forst von Lieven, A. (2002). Functional morphology, origin and phylogenetic implications of the feeding mechanism of Tylopharynx foetida (Nematoda: Diplogastrina). Russian Journal of Nematology 10:11-23.

Wu J, De Ley P, Liang Y.(2001) Description of a new species of the genus Tylopharynx (Nemata: Diplogastroidea), T. clariamphida sp. n. with a redescription of T.foetida (BÃƒÂ¼tschli, 1874) Goffart, 1930. Journal of Nematology. 33:83—90.