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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Monhysterida

Monhysterina

Sphaerolaimoidea

                 Xyalidae

       Pseudechinotheristus Blume, 2002

Type species of the genus:  Pseudechinotheristus nudus Blume, 2002

Genus name descriptive of spines covering the cuticle.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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

• Similar to Echinotheristus but lacking the bladder-liike precloacal supplements and the transverse row of small spines on the cuticular rings.

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Distribution:

Marine nematodes. Type species described from sandy beaches on the coast of Queensland, Australia

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Pseudechinotheristus

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Blome, D. 2002. Five new genera of free-living marine nematodes from sandy beaches of Eastern Australia. Mem Queensland Mus 48(1): 29-43

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: August 01, 2025.