Cienfuegia cachoi

  

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Rev: 08/26/2024

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Cienfuegia cachoi Armenteros, Vincx & Decraemer, 2009

Type species of the genus.

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Morphology and Anatomy:


Tail with two terminal setae.

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Distribution:

Described from muddy sediment, Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba.

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Feeding:

Probably epistrate feeders.

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References:

Armenteros, M., Vinck, M., and Decraemer, W. 2009. Cienfuegia gen. nov. (Xyalidae) and Pseudoterschellingia gen. nov. (Linhomoeidae), two new genera of free‐living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea  Journal of Natural History 43:1067-1081.

 

 

 

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 26, 2024.