Metadasynemoides		Contents		Rev: 10/29/2024
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Metadasynemoides Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
Return to Ceramonematidae Menu		Feeding		References
		Go to Nemaplex Main Menu		Go to Dictionary of Terminology

Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Ceramonematoidea

            Ceramonematidae

   Ceramonematinae

       Metadasynemoides Haspeslagh, 1973

Type species of the genus: Dasynemoides longicollis Gerlach, 1952 = Metadasynemoides longicollis (Gerlach, 1952) Haspeslagh, 1973

 

   Synonyms:

            Dasynemaoides Chitwood, 1936

Back to Top

Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body cuticle of many equally-sized narrow annules
• Zygapophyses not developed.
• Cuticular crests extend from near anterior margin of cephalic capsule to terminal cone.
• Labial region distinctly offset from cephalic capsule.
• Outer labial and cephalic setae subequal in length and arranged in two separate but close circles, both inserted on labial region anterior to the margin of cephalic capsule.
• Amphid spirally coiled in 1-2 turns, loop shaped, rounded or of other shape, often differently shaped in males and females.

Ref: Tchesunov and Miljutina (2002)

Back to Top

Distribution:

Marine nematodes usually found in coarse sand in shallow seas.

Back to Top

Feeding:

Probably epistrate feeders

Back to Top

Biology and Ecology:

Free-living marine nematodes.

Back to Top

Life Cycle:

Back to Top

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Back to Top

Management:

Back to Top

References:

Chitwood, B.G 1936. Some marine nematodes from North Carolina. Proc. helminthol. Soc. Washington, 3: 1-16.

Gerlach, S.A. 1952. Nematoden aus dem Kiistengrund wasser. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Mainz. Abhandl. math. naturw. Kl., 6: 315-372.

Haspeslagh, G. 1973. Superfamilie des Ceramonematoidea (Cobb, 1933)(Nematoda) evolution et systematique. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belg. 102:235-251

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.