Plectus

 

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Rev: 06/20/2023

  Classification Biology and Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Plectoidea
            Plectidae
       Plectus Bastian, 1865

Type species of the genus: Plectus parietinus Bastian, 1865

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Females:

Males:

Ref: Andrassy, 2005

 

 

  
   

 


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

Observed to establish colonies on bacteria (Wood, 1973).

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Biology and Ecology:

Most known Plectus species are parthenogenetic. Some readily become anhydrobiotic and can be recovered from extreme habitats, for example, Antarctic dry valleys and arctic tundra (Borgmeier et al., 2022).

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Life Cycle:

 
 
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Management:

 
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References:

Borgmeier, A., Gattoni, K., Harris, T., Higgins, R., Mullin, P. Prazinska, D., Powers, K., Wedin, D., Powers, T. 2022. Plectus of the Prairie: A Case Study of Taxonomic Resolution from a Nematode Biodiversity Survey. J. Nematology 54: | DOI: 10.2478/jofnem-2022-0039

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.