Gnomoxyala

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Gnomoxyala Lorenzen, 1977

Type species of the genus:  Gnomoxyala spina Lorenzen, 1977

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Morphology and Anatomy:

With general characteristics of family Xyalidae, and distinguished from the other genera by:

 

Females:

  •  Monodelphic, prodelphic

  
    Ref: Venekey et al., 2014; Lorenzen, 1977


 

Males:  

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

Marine nematodes. Type species described from the Baltic Sea.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Gnomoxyala

 

 
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Life Cycle:

 
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Management:

 
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References:

Lorenzen, S. 1977.  Revision det Xyalidae (freilebende Nematoden) auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse von 56 Arten aus Nord- und Ostsee. Veroff Inst Meeresforsch Bremerh 16:197-261.

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

 

 

 

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Revised: July 26, 2025.