Marisalbinema		Contents		Rev: 07/27/2025
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Monhysterida

Monhysterina

Sphaerolaimoidea

                 Xyalidae

       Marisalbinema Tchesunov, 1990

Type species of the genus:  Marisalbinema galtsovae Tchesunov, 1990

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cephalic setae (6+4) (characteristic of the family Xyalidae)
• anterior testis on left and posterior testis on right side of the intestine (also characteristic of the family Xyalidae)

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Distribution:

Marine nematodes. Type species described from the White Sea (Venekey et al., 2014).

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Marisalbinema

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

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

Tchesunov, A.V. 1990. New taxa of marine free-living nematodes of the Family Xyalidae Chitwood, 1951 (Nematoda, Chromadorida, Monhysterida) from the White Sea. In: Gagarin, V.G. (ed) Fauna, biology and systematics of free-living lower worms. Institute of Inland Water Biology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, pp 101-117

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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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: July 27, 2025.