Wilsonema schuurmansstekhoveni

 

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Rev: 12/06/2021

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Plectoidea
            Plectidae
   Wilsonematinae
       Wilsonema schuurmansstekhoveni (De Coninck, 1931) Zell, 1982)
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Morphology and Anatomy:

Females:

Head with dorsal and ventral flanges.

Diovarial

Setae along body .

Thick cuticle.

Plectid esophagus with terminal, valved  postcorpus.
   

A = pharynx region B = labial region, lateral view, median section; C = labial region, lateral surface view; D = aberrant labial region; E = tail; F = reproductive system.
From Holovachov et al, 2003.
 
Male: Not found. Two lines in lateral field.
  Female gonad paired, outstretched.  Vulva in center of body

Labial region components of Wilsonema

from Holovachov et al., 2003.

CE = cervical expansion, CORN = cornu; FLAB = flabellum; LR = lateral rim; MP = midlateral projection; MR = median ridge; QUAD = quadrant; RR = radial ridge; YI = Y-shaped incisure.

For comparisons among genera, go to subfamily Wilsonematinae

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

 
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Distribution:

Reported Northern Europe, Malaysia, Australia, Central America.

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Feeding:

 
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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

 
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References:

Holovachov, O., Bostrom, S., Tandingan De Ley, I., De Ley, P., and Coomans, A. 2003. Morphology and systematics of the genera Wilsonema Cobb, 1913, Ereptonema Anderson, 1966 and Neotylocephalus Ali, Farooqui and Tejpal, 1969 (Leptolaimina: Wilsonematinae) J. Nem. Morph. Syst. 5:73-106.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 06, 2021.