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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Leptolaimoidea

Aphanolaimidae

Aphanolaiminae

        Paraphanolaimus Mikoletzky, 1923

 

      Type species of the genus: Paraphanolaimus behningi Micoletzky, 1923

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Medium sized nematodes.
• Cuticle annulated with narrow lateral field
•  Lateral epidermal glands opening through prominent pores
•  Four cephalic setiform sensilla
•  Amphid unispiral, located in labial region.
• Stoma barrel-shaped, sclerotized.
• Esophagus cylindrical, terminating at a glandular cardia
• Secretory-excretory system with large gland and sclerotized duct extending to lip region and opening into stoma.
•  Tail conical.
• Caudal glands opening on tail tip via spinneret

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Distribution:

Freshwater aquatic environments: lake water near the shore, water with aquatic plants. Also from very moist soil, mangrove swamps and bennthic mud in Lake Tahoe (USA)..

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Paraphanolaimus

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, I (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 518p.

Bongers, T. 1988. De Nematoden van Nederland, Pirola, Schoorl. Utrecht. 408p.

Holovachov, O. and Sturhan, D. 2003. Studies on the genus Paraphanolaimus Micoletzky, 1923 (Nematoda: Aphanolaimidae) with description of P. paraguayensis sp. n. Nematology 5:793-807.

Raski, D.J. and A,V. Coomans. 1991. Three new species or Paraphanolaimus (Nemata Araeolaimida) with key to species. Nematologica 37:44-62.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 19, 2025.