Retrotheristus breviseta

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Retrotheristus breviseta Juario, 1974

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Females:

  
   

Retrotheristus breviseta A: Male anterior; P: Male posterior
Drawings from Annapurna et al., 2012

Males:  

  •  Spicule shape unusual

Ref: Annapurna et al., 2012


Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 
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Distribution:

Reported from sublittoral zaone of German Bight and Divi point (500 and 100m depth), northeast coast of India

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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References:

Annapurna, C., Vijaya Bhanu, C., Srinivasa Rao, M., Sivalakshmi, M.V., Lilly M. .Cooper, G., Rao, Y.K. 2012. Free-living nematodes along the continental slope off northeast coast of India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 54:52-60.

Lorenzen, S. 1977. Revision der Xyalidae (freilebende Nematoden) auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse von 56 Arten aus Nord - und Ostsee. Veroeffentlichungen des institutus fuer Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven, 16: 197-261.

Platt, H. M. and R. M. Warwick. 1988. Free-living marine nematodes. Part II: British Chromadorids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) NO. 38, Brill, E.J., Leiden, 501pp

 

 

 

 

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Revised: June 18, 2024.