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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Plectoidea

            Plectidae

       Anaplectus De Coninck and Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933

Type species of the genus: Anaplectus granulosus (Bastian, 1865) De Coninck and Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933

    Synonyms:

Marinoplectus Kreis, 1963

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle striated
• Lateral fileds distinct
• Somatic setae only on tail
• Cephalic setae: 4, moderatly long
• Amphid apertures narrow, slit-like
• Buccal cavity short and wide in anterior, long and narrower posteriorly
• Esophagus muscular, terminal bulb with valvular apparatus abd tongue-like extension
• Renette cell anterior to teminal bulb of esophagus with long  coiloed or twisted excretrory duct
• Tail elongate conoid, usually curved ventrally, with caudal glands and spinneret

Females:

• Didelphic-amphidelphis

Males:

• About as common as females
• Diorchic
• Spicules curved, moderate length, with associated gubernaculum
• Tubular sclerotized supplements usually present

Ref: Andrassy, 2005

	Females:        Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
Males:

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Distribution:

Commonly found associated with moss and leaf litter in moist environments. Rarely occur in freshwater environments. Worldwide.

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Feeding:

Bacterivores

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

Appear to have anhydrobiotic capabilities because they can be revived from extremely dry samples of moss.

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary Volume 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

Holovachov, O. and Boström, S. 2010. Identification of Plectida (Nematoda).EUMAINE, Gent; UC Riverside 

Maggenti, A.R. 1959. The Morphology, Biology and Taxonomy of the genus Plectus (Nemata: Plectidae) PhD Thesis, University of California, Berkeley

Wood, F.H. 1973. Nematode feeding relationships: Feeding relationships of soil-dwelling nematodes. Soil Riol. Biochem. 5: 593-601.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 20, 2023.