Terschellingia

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Linhomoeidae
       Terschellingia De Man, 1888
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Morphology and Anatomy:

The genus Terschellingia (Nematoda: Linhomoeidae) was erected by De Man (1888) based on the following characteristics:

Armenteros et al (2009); Annapurna et al., 2012

 

    
 
 

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Distribution:

The genus name refers to the origin of the type specimens which were collected at Terschelling Island in The Netherlands.

Actually, species of this genus are cosmopolitan and very often numerically dominant in muddy subtidal ocean sediments

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Feeding:

 
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References:

Annapurna, C., Vijaya Bhanu, C., Srinivasa Rao, M., Sivalakshmi, M.V., Lilly M. .Cooper, G., Rao, Y.K. 2012. Free-living nematodes along the continental slope off northeast coast of India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 54:52-60.

Armenteros, M., Ruiz-Abierno, A., Vinck, M., and Decraemer, W. 2009. A morphometric analysis of the genus Terschellingia (Nematoda: Linhomoeidae) with redefinition of the genus and key to the species. J. Mar. Biol.. #2009:1-11 doi:10.1017/S0025315409000381

De Man J.G.  1888. Sur quelques ne´matodes libres de la Mer du Nord, nouveaux ou peu connus. Me´moires de la Socie´te´ Zoologique de France 1, 1 –51.

 

 

 

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