Metalinhomoeus

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Linhomoeidae
       Metalinhomoeus de Man, 1907

Type species of the genus:  Metalinhomoeus typicus de Man, 1907

    Synonyms:     

Eumorpholaimus (Schulz, 1932), Tchesunov & Miljutin, 2006

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Male of Metalinhomoeus ramsarensis: a: head region, b: spicule and gubernaculum; c: tail.

From Chen and Long, 2015

Females:

Ref: Chen and Long, 2015
 

Males:  

  • Gubernaculum present with apophysis

 

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

Free-living marine nematodes.

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References:

Chen, C-A., Long, S.M. 2015. A new marine nematodes species, Metalinhomoeus ramsarensis (Linhomoeidae Filipjev, 1922) from Kuching Wetland National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology 5.

De Man, J.G. 1907. Sur quelques especes nouvelles au peuconnues de Nematodes libres vivant surles cotes de la Zelande. Tijd. Nederland.Dierkund. Vereeniging 10:227-244.

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