Ceramonema

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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Plectida: Ceramonematooidea
Ceramonematidae: Ceramonematinae

Ceramonema Cobb, 1920

Type species of the genus: Ceramonema attenuatum Cobb, 1920


Synonyms:
Ceramonemoides Haspeslagh, 1973: Cytarronema Haspeslagh, 1973

Morphology and Anatomy:

Outer labial and posterior cephalic sensilla both setose setose sensilla
Labial region not separated from the cephalic capsule by a circular suture
Amphids loop-shaped, elongate or rounded
Fewer than 350 (70-320) usually broad and unequal body annules
Zygapopyses present or absent on annules
Male cloacal region provides a source of diagnostic characters, some of which can be confidently recognixed with light microscopy

Ref: Tchesunov and Miljutina (2002); Holovachov et al., (2008)

Amphid shape and presence or absence of zygapophyses as a basis for two subgenera of Ceramonema
Drawings from Tchesunov and Miljutina (2002);

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

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Cobb, N.A. 1920. One hundred new nemas. (Type species of 100 new genera). Contributions to a Science of Nematology 9, 217-343.

Holovachov, O., Tandigen de Ley, I., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Baldwin, J.G., Rocha-Olivares, A., De Ley, P. 2008. Nematodes from the Gulf of California. Part 1. The genera Ceramonema Cobb, 1920, Pselionema Cobb in Cobb, 1933 and Pterygonema Gerlach, 1954 (Nematoda: Ceramonematidae). Nematology 10:347-373.

Tchesunov, A.V. and Miljutina, M.A. 2002. A review of the family Ceramonematidae (marine free-living nematodes), with descriptions of nine species from the White Sea. Zoosyst. Rossica 11:3-39.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 29, 2024.

Ceramonema

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris. Revised: October 29, 2024.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 29, 2024.