Metalinhomoeus		Contents		Rev: 08/25/2026
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Monhysterida

Monhysterina

Sphaerolaimoidea

                 Linhomoeidae

        Desmolaiminae

        Metalinhomoeus De Man, 1907

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

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length 2-4 mm;
• Buccal cavity relatively small without cuticularized ring
• Four cephalic setae, four subcephalic setae between the cephalic setae and amphideal fovea
• Amphideal fovea circular
• Posterior pharyngeal bulb well developed.
• Large number of described species

Ref: Huang and Guo, 2022

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Distribution:

Species have been described from intertidal muddy sediment

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Metalinhomoeus

Micro-organisms in sediment

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

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_{_}9

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Revised by Howard Ferris: August 25, 2026.