Sphaerolaimus

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                Sphaerolaimidae
       Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Rossli et al., 2013

Sphaerolaimus macrocirculus (adapted from Rossliee t al., 2013)

Female: A: head, D: entire body, F:tail.

Male: B: head, C: entire body, E:tail, G: cloacal region

Females:

  • Monodelphic, prodelphic

  
   

 

Males:  

  • Monorchic


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

Often found in muddy intertidal zones.

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Feeding:

Categorized as predators by Yeates et al. (1993). Many species known to feed on other nematodes.

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Life Cycle:

 
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Management:

 
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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Rossli, N.M., Long, S.M., Chen, C-A. 2013. A New Record From East Malaysia: Sphaerolaimus macrocirculus (Nematoda) Borneo J. Resour. Sci. Tech.2(2):12-18

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331

 
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Revised: June 04, 2022.