Cienfuegia

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Cienfuegia Armenteros, Vincx & Decraemer, 2009

Type species of the genus: Cienfuegia cachoi Armenteros, Vincx & Decraemer, 2009

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Morphology and Anatomy:

With general characteristics of family Xyalidae, and:

 Females:

  
   

Dr. M. Armenteros PhD, University of Gent, Belgium.

PhD thesis: Ecology and Taxonomy of Free-Living Marine Nematodes from Cienfuego Bay, Caribbean Sea

Advisor: Dr. W. Decraemer,  from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
Source: Armenteros et al., 2009 
Males:  

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Marine nematodes; type species described from Cuba

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Cienfuegia

Probably epistrate feeders.

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Life Cycle:

 
For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
 
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Management:

 
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References:

Armenteros, M., Vinck, M., and Decraemer, W. 2009. Cienfuegia gen. nov. (Xyalidae) and Pseudoterschellingia gen. nov. (Linhomoeidae), two new genera of free‐living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea  Journal of Natural History 43:1067-1081.

 

 

 

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Revised: July 26, 2025.