Paraphanolaimus

  

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Rev: 08/08/2023

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Leptolaimoidea
Aphanolaimidae
Aphanolaiminae
        Paraphanolaimus Mikoletzky, 1923
 
      Type species of the genus: Paraphanolaimus behningi Micoletzky, 1923

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 Females:
  • Female reproductive system didelphic,amphidelphic.
  • Ovary branches reflexed antidromously, each branch with two lateral offset spermathecae
  • Vagina encircled by a single sphincter muscle
 

  
 

Males:  

  • Somatic setae present in male only

Ref: Holovachov and Sturhan (2003)


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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:

 
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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: August 08, 2023.