Sphaerolaimus gracilis

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                Sphaerolaimidae
       Sphaerolaimus gracilis de Man, 1876
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Morphology and Anatomy:


Mouth sclerotized.

Cuticle with setae.

 

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Predaceous on other nematodes in estuarine environments (Moens and Vincx, 1997).

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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References:

Moens, Y. and Vincx, M. 1997. Observations on the feeding ecology of estuarine nematodes. Journal of the Marine Biology Assoc. U.K. 77:211-227.

 

 
Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 17, 2020.