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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Plectoidea
            Plectidae
       Yeatesinia Holovachov & Bostrom, 2014.

Type species Yeatesinia barbata Holovachov & Bostrom, 2014.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 
  •  Lip region rounded dorso-ventrally, broad laterally, dorsally inclined
  • Lateral sides of lip region with two large, horn-like, projections, each bearing one seta at its base.
  • Each amphid surrounded by three setiform sensilla.
  • Oral opening a broad transverse slit located on the dorsal body surface,.
  • Cuticle differing in structure in dorsal and ventral body sectors.

  Females:

  • Body length of type species 299-357 Î¼m in females
       

Ref. Holovachov and Bostrom, 2014.

Males:  

  • Body length of type species 304-361 Î¼m in males.


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Distribution:

The type species, Yeatesinia barbata, was described from a sand dune habitat in New Zealand.

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Feeding:

 

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References:

 

Holovachov, O and Bostrom, S. 2014. Yeatesinia barbata gen.n., sp.n. (Nematoda: Plectida: Plectidae), a most remarkable nematode from New Zealand. Nematology156:953-962.

 

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 15, 2020.