Neocamacrolaimus parasiticus

 

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Rev 09/22/2022

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Camacolaimoidea
Camacolaimidae


           Neocamacrolaimus parasiticus  Holovachov & Bostrom, 2014

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

The type species is known only from infective and post-parasitic juveniles and males. As of 2020, females have not been found, despite multiple attempts over several years (Ahmed et al., 2021)

  
A. Parasitic juvenile of Neocamacolaimus parasiticus Holovochov and Bostrom, 2014 emerging from B. polychaete host Sphaerosyllis sp, Scale bar = 50um.
Photomicrograph from Ahmad et al., 2021		  

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 
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Distribution:

Marine nematodes usually described from coarse shell gravel depositis (Ahmad et al., 2021). The type species is an internal parasite of the benthic polychaete annelid, Sphaerosyllis sp collected near Bonden Island west of Sweden,

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Feeding:

Internal parasite of the benthic polychaete annelid, Sphaerosyllis sp
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Biology and Ecology:

 

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Predation and regulation of opportunistic species.

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Management:

 

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References:

Triantaphyllou, A.C. 1993.  Hermaphroditism in Neocamacrolaimus parasiticus .  Journal of Nematology 25:15-26.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 22, 2022.