Dasynemella

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Ceramonematoidea
            Ceramonematidae
   Ceramonematinae
       Dasynemella Cobb, 1933

Type species of the genus: Dasynema sexalineata Cobb, 1920 = Dasynemella sexalineata Cobb, 1933

 
   Synonyms:
            Dasynema Cobb, 1920
Leptodasynemella Haspeslagh, 1973
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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Tchesunov and Miljutina (2002)

 

  
 
Dasynemella riemanni A: Female reproductive system; B: Female cephalic treion; C: Entire female
Scale bars A = 50 um; B = 20 um; C = 100 um
Drawings from Tchesunov and Miljutina (2002);
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Marine nematodes usually found in coarse sand in shallow seas.

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Feeding:

Probably epistrate feeders
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Biology and Ecology:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Life Cycle:

 
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Management:

 
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References:

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.

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