Rev: 01/01/2024
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Commonly found in marine and brackish waters, usually in sand and clay sediments, sometimes in estuaries, sometimes in areas inhabited by mangroves. (Gharahkhani, et al., 2021; Holovachov and Brostrom, 2013)
Speeies in estuarine environments reported as selective deposit bacterial feeders (Heip et al., 1998; Moens and Vincx, 1997; Tchesunov, 2015).
Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary Vol 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum.
Heip, C., Vincx, M., Vranken, G. 1985. The ecology of marine nematodes. Oceanography and marine biology. Ann Rev Lond 23:399-489
Tchesunov, A.V. 2015. Free-living nematode species (Nematoda) in hydrothermal sites of the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Helgoland Marine Research 69:343-384.
Gharahkhani, A., E. Pourjam, O. Holovachov, M. Pedram. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships of Leptolaimus de Man, 1876 (Plectida: Leptolaimidae) with description of two new species from the Persian Gulf, Iran. Nematology 23:153-169.
Holovachov, O and Brostrom, S. 2013. Swedish Plectida (Nematoda). Part 4. The genus Leptolaimus de Man, 1876. Zootaxa 3739: 1-99.
Moens, T. and Vincx, M. 1997. Observations on the feeding ecology of estuarine nematodes. Journal of the Marine Biology Assoc. U.K. 77:211-227.