Metadasynemella		Contents		Rev: 10/29/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Ceramonematoidea

            Ceramonematidae

   Ceramonematinae

       Metadasynemella De Coninck, 1942

Type species of the genus: Metadasynemella macrophalla De Coninck, 1942

 

   Synonyms:

            Dictyonemella Haspeslagh, 1973

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body short, usually elongate spindle-shaped, rarely cylindrical.
• Cuticle annules moderate in number (up to 175), broad, unequal size along the body;
• Zygapophyses lacking or weakly developed; intracuticular vacuoles may be present.
• Labial region offset from cephalic capsule.
• Cephalic capsule usually with longitudinal and transversal crests.
• All setae inserted on the labial region; outer labial setae and cephalic setae in two close circles or in a single circle.
• Amphids loop-shaped.

Ref: Tchesunov and Miljutina (2002)

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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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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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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.