Neodiplopeltula

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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Araeolaimida: Araeolaimoidea; Diplopeltidae


Neodiplopeltula Holovachov & Bostrom, 2018

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The genus Neodiplopeltula was established to accommodate species from the genus Diplopeltula Gerlach, 1950 with the following morphological characters: amphids in the shape of an elongated loop, a well-developed subcylindrical stoma, and outstretched ovaries.

Neodiplopeltula onusta

A: Mala lateral anterior showing long loop of amphidel fovea; B. Male anterior showing dorsal stoma opening. Scale bars = 10um

Photomicrographs from Holovachov and Bostrom, 2018

Cuticle transversely striated
Six papilliform outer labial sensilla; four setiform cephalic sensilla
Amphideal fovea loop-shaped (inverted U-shaped).
Buccal cavity subcylindrical and often asymmetrical
Pharynx subcylindrical, not subdivided into distinct sections.
Tail with three caudal glands with separate openings; spinneret absent.

Ref: Huang and Guo, 2022

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References:

Holovachov, O., and S. Bostrom. 2018. Neodiplopeltula gen. nov. from the west coast of Sweden and reappraisal of the genus Diplopeltula Gerlach, 1950 (Nematoda, Diplopeltidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 458: 1-34.

Huang, Y. and Guo, Y. 2022. Free-living Marine Nematodes from the East China Sea. Springer, Singapore and Scence Press, Beijing.