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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Haliplectoidea
            Haliplectidae
  
       Haliplectus Cobb, 1913

Type species of the genus: Haliplectus pellucidus Cobb, 1913

 
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Morphology and Anatomy:

Haliplectus spp. can be separated into two groups characterized by rge shape of the basal bulb of the esophagus:

Group1: Monopartite basal bulb with no transverse constriction Group : Bipartite basal bulb with a transverse constriction
  • H. algoensis
  • H. bruneiensis
  • H. conicephalus
  • H. dorsalis
  • H. gracilis
  • H. leptocephalus
  • H. monodelphis
  • H. obtusicauda
  • H. pellucidus
  • H. robustus
  • H. seychellensis
  • H. tripapillatus
  • H. wheeleri
  • H. bibulbosus
  • H. bickneri
  • H. bidenticulatus
  • H. brevispiculatus
  • H. caudopapillatus
  • H. cylindrocaudatus
  • H. floridanus
  • H. iranicus
  • H. minimus
  • H. minor
  • H. onepui
  • H. pakistanensis
  • H. paradorsalis
  • H. salicornius
  • H. schulzi

 

 

 Cephalic sensilla papilliform.

Female: didelphic, amphidelphicor monodelphic- prodelphic
Msale: diorchic, testes outhstretched

Ref: (Shahina et al.,, 2014)
 
Haliplectus algoensis: male anterior, left; female anterior (right).
From Swart et al., 1992
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes; also reported from mangove and coastal dune areas.

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References:

Shahina, F., Siddiqi, M.R., Nasira, K.  2014. Six new species of Haliplectus Cobb 1913 (Nematoda: Haliplectidae) from mangroves of Karachi, Pakistan. International Journal of Nematology 24:68-80.

Swart A., Heyns, J., Furstenberg, J.P. 1992. Studies on Haliplectus Cobb, 1913. Description of Haliplectus algoensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Haliplectidae, Suborder Leptolaimina). African. J. Zoology 27: 41-44.

 

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 19, 2023.