Sacrimarinema tatushae

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Sacrimarinema tatushae Shoshin, 2001

Type species of the genus

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Shoshin, 2001

Females:

  • Monodelphic- prodelphic;
  • vagina 1 abd long.
  • Tail elongate-conoid, with sharply rounded terminus, 198-225 um long, without terminal setae/

  
   

Sacrimarinema tatushae  1, head of male; 2, head of female; 3, esophagus male; 4, tail of male;  5, spicules and gubemaculum; 6, vagina; 7, tail of female; 8, supplement (ventral view); 9, expanded supplement; 10, contracted supplement.

Scales:1,2,5,6 - 20um; 3,4,7 - 30 um; 8,9,10 -12 um.

Drawings from Shoshin, 2001

Males:  

  • Diorchic, anterior testis on left side and posterior testis on right side of intestine;
  • Supplementary organs 6-7.
  • Spicules similar,  2.3-3.0 cbd long, ventrally bent, with slightly offset capitulum.
  • Gubernaculum 30-33 .um long, with a small caudal extension.
  • Tail· elongate-conoid, i85 um long. No terminal setae


Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

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Distribution:

Freshwater nematodes described from the mouth of the Murino River  1.5-2 m, coarse sand, Lake Baikal, Russia.

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Feeding:

Probably omnivorous epistrate feeders

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

 
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References:

Shoshin, A. V. 2001. Sacrimarinema gen. n. from Lake Baikal with descriptions of three new species (Nematoda, Monhysterida: Xyalidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 9:253-257.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 22, 2024.