Xyala

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Xyala Cobb, 1920

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:


 

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

Marine nematodes; bottom sediments and intertidal zones..

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Xyala

 
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Life Cycle:

 
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Management:

 
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References:

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, I (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 518p.

King, I., Mundo-Ocampo, M., and De Ley, P. 2010. Nematology 12:673-680.

 

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