Gerlachius

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
  Desmoscolecida
    Desmoscolecina
Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea
       Gerlachius  Andrassy, 1974.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Decraemer & Jensen, 1982; Decraemer and Rho, 2013

 

 

  
   

Males:  

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Feeding:

 
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Biology and Ecology:

Free-living marine nematodes

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References:

Decraemer, W. and Jensen, P. 1982. Revision of the subfamily Meyliinae De Coninck, 1965 (Nematoda: Desmoscolecoidea) with a discussion of its systematic position . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society75: 317-325.

Decraemwr, W. and Rho, H.S. 2013. 7.11 Order Desmoscolecida. In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter, W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2: Nematoda

Shirayama, Y. and Hope. W.D. 1992. Cephalic tubercles: a new character useful for the taxonomy of Desmoscolecida (Nematoda). Trans. Am. Microscop. Assoc: 111:211-222..

 
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Revised: November 22, 2022.