Omicronema

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Omicronema Cobb, 1920

Type species of the genus:   Omicronema litorium Cobb, 1920

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Morphology and Anatomy:

With general characteristics of family Xyalidae, and:

 

Females:

  •  Monodelphic, prodelphic

      Ref: Venekey et al., 2014


 

Males:  

  • .Diorchic: anterior testis on left and posterior testis on right side of the intestine

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

Marine nematodes. Species described from Auatralia, Brazil and Vietnam (Venekey et al., 2014).

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Omicronema

 

 
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Life Cycle:

 
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References:

Cobb, N.A. 1920 One hundred new nemas (Type species of 100 new genera). Contrib Sci Nematol 9:217-243.

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

 

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Revised: July 27, 2025.