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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Monhysterida

Monhysterina

Sphaerolaimoidea

                 Xyalidae

       Enchonema Bussau, 1993

Type species of the genus:   Enchonema umbrosum Bussau, 1993

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Morphology and Anatomy:

With general characteristics of family Xyalidae

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Distribution:

Marine nematodes. Type species described from samples at 4000m depth in fine sands in the Eastern Pacific Basin of Peru (Central Pacific Ocean).

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Enchonema

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Bussau, C. 1993. Taxonomische und ökologische Untersuchungen an Nematoden des Peru-Beckens. PhD thesis, University of Kiel.

Fonseca, G,, Bezerra, T.N. 2013. Order Monhysterida. Filipjev, 1929. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa A (ed) Handbook of Zoology: Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera, volume 2 Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin, pp 435-466.

Venekey, V., Gheller, P.F., Maria , T.F., Brustolin, M.C., Kandratavicius , N., Vieira , D.C., Brito, S., Souza, G.S., Fonseca, G. 2014. The state of the art of Xyalidae (Nematoda, Monhysterida) with reference to the Brazilian records. Marine Biodiversity DOI 10.1007/s12526-014-0226-3

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: July 26, 2025.