Metasphaerolaimus

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                Sphaerolaimidae
       Metasphaerolaimus Gourbault & Boucher, 1981

Type species of the genus: Metasphaerolaimus cancellatus Gourbault & Boucher, 1981

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Huang and Guo, 2022

 

Females:

  
   

 

Males:  

  • Diorchic
  • Spicule short
  • Gubernaculum present


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

Marine nematodes. Reported from subtidal sediment.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Metasphaerolaimus

Predators

 

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Life Cycle:

 
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References:

Gourbault, N. and Boucher, G. 1981. N�matodes abyssaux (Campagne Walda du N/O �Jean Charcot�) III. Une sous-famille et six esp�ces nouvelles de Sphaerolaimidae. Bulletin du Museum national d�Histoire naturelle de Paris 4: 1035-1052.

Huang, Y., Guo, Y. 2022. Order Monhysterida Filipjev, 1929. In: Free-living Marine Nematodes from the East China Sea. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3836-7_
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