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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Monhysterida

Monhysterina

Sphaerolaimoidea

                 Linhomoeidae

Linhomoeinae

       Linhomoeus Bastian, 1865

Type species of the genus: Linhomoeus elongatus Bastian, 1865

    Synonyms:

Paralinhomoeus De Man, 1907

Eulinhomoeus De Man, 1907
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle finely striated
• 6+6+4 (inner labial papillae, outer labial setae, cephalic setae)
• Aphids circular or cryptospoiral
• Buccal cavity cup-shaped, sometimes with teeth or plates
• Pharynx enlarged posteriorly but not to a distinct bulb
• Cardia conspicuous, elongate
• Didelphic, amphidelphic
• Gubernaculum with dorsal apophyses
• Tail conical or coniccylindrical

Ref: Leduc, 2023

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Linhomoeus

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References:

Jensen, P. 1986. The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep andadjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. II. Monhysterida. Zoologica Scripta 15:1-11.

Leduc, D. 2023. New nematode species and genera (Nematoda: Chromadorea) from cold seeps on Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. European J. Taxonomy 856:1-45,

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 13, 2025.