Sphaerolaimus micropapillatus

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                Sphaerolaimidae
       Sphaerolaimus micropapillatus Tchesunov & Miljutin, 2006.
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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • monodelphic, prodelphic

     

  Ref: Tchesunov and Miljutin, 2006.
   

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Males:  

  • Spicules arcuate
  • Gubernaculum short
  • Three to five precloacal supplement papillae

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Distribution:

Described from specimens collected at 5569 meters depth in Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Svalbard

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Feeding:

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

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References:

Tchesunov, A.V., Miljutin, D.M. 2006. Three new free-living nematode species (Monhysterida) from the Arctic abyss, with revision of the genus Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922 (Linhomoeidae). Russian Journal of Nematology,14:57-75.

 

 
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Revised: December 06, 2022.