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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Haliplectoidea

            Haliplectidae

  

       Geohaliplectus Siddiqi, 2012

Type species of the genus: Geohaliplectus andrassyi Siddiqi, 2012

 

   Synonyms:

    

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Genus characterized by:

• Geohaliplectus comes close to Haliplectus  but the type species is described from a non-coastal or marine environment and having an angular offset cephalic region, the female being monodelpic-prodelphic, and the absence of spinneret at tail tip.

• Cephalic region angular and offset, without labial or cephalic setae; cephalic sensilla papilliform

• Stoma long, tubular, without teeth or denticles

• Cuticle strongly annulated lacking ornamentation such as markings, spines and pores

• Amphids circular

• No spinneret at tail tip. 

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Distribution:

Free-living nematodes. Type species described from "bush soil" in Nigeria, a non-marine or swampy environment

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Geohaliplectus

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References:

Holovachov, O. 2014. 7.16 Order Plectida Gadea, 1973. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). Handbook of zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Volume 2: Nematoda. Berlin, Germany, De Gruyter, pp. 487-535.

Siddiqi, M.R. 2012. Descriptions of Geohaliplectus andrassyi gen. n., sp. n. Haliplectus bruneiensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Haliplectidae). International Journal of Nematology 22:41-46.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 18, 2025.