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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

  Desmoscolecida

    Desmoscolecina

Superfamily Desnoscolecoidea

       Noffsingeria  Decraemer & Jensen, 1982

Type species of the genus: Noffsingeria omeri Decraemer & Jensen, 1981

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle annulated, annules interrupted by a narrow lateral field.
• Somatic setae sparse.
• Head offset, with four cephalic setae in anterior half.
• Amphids large vesicular, with or without internal spiral structure
• Stoma minute, unarmed.
• Esophagus muscular, tapered posteriorly.
• Male with two testes ; spicules arched ; gubernaculum with apophysis.

Ref: Decraemer and Jensen, 1982; Decraemwr, and Rho, 2013.

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

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..

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 22, 2022.