Xyala

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Xyala Cobb, 1920

Type species of genus:Xyala striata Cobb, 1920

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Females:

  • Monodelphic, prodelphic, ovary outsretched/

  Ref: Riera et al. 2012   

 

 
Xyala striata A: Female anterior; B: Female posterior; C: Male posterior.  Scale Bar: A,B = 17um; C=25um
Drawings from Riera et al., 2012

Males:  

  • Diorchic, testes opposed

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.

Riera, R., Nunez, J., Del Carmen Brito, M. 2012. Seven new records of  Xyalids from the Canary Islands (Nematoda: Xyalidae). Vieraea 40:1-18

 

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Revised: June 24, 2025.