Stylotheristus

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Stylotheristus Lorenzen, 1977

Type species of the genus: Stylotheristus mutilis (Lorenzen, 1973) Lorenzen, 1977

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref:  Fonseca & Bezerra, 2014; Pinto and Neres, 2020

 

Females:

  •  Spermatheca sometimes present

  
   

Males:  

  • Spicules short (< 1 x cbd).
  • Gubernaculum narrow, without apophysis.
  • Precloacal supplements present or absent.

Ref: Pinto and Neres, 2020


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Distribution:

The species Stylotheristus multipapillatus was described from sandy sediments adjacent to ashipreck on the shallow continetal shelf of Portugal,

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Feeding:

Free=living marine nematodes

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Life Cycle:

 
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References:

Fonseca, G. & Bezerra, T.N. 2014. Order Monhysterida Filipjev, 1929. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Vol. 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Hamburg, pp.435-465

.Lorenzen, S. 1977. Revision der Xyalidae (freilebende Nematoden) auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse von 56 Arten aus Nord- und Ostsee. Ver�ffentlichungen des Instituts f�r Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven, 16: 197-261

Pinto, T.K. and  Neres, P.F. 2020. Four new species of free-living nematodes from shallow continental shelf of Portugal. Zootaxa 4722 (1): 001-033.

 
Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 06, 2024.