Edalonema		Contents		Rev: 11/02/2026
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Araeolaimida

Araeolaimoidea

Diplopeltidae

        Edalonema (Holovachov & Sturhan, 2003) Andrassy, 2007

Type species of the genus: Edalonema camerunense (Holovachov & Sturhan, 2003) Andrassy, 2007

The name Edalonema was psoposed by Andrassy 2007 because Adelonema was preoccupied

    Synonyms:

Adelonema Holovachov & Sturhan, 2003

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Free-living terrestrial soil-dwelling nematodes, not marine; all genera  of the Diplopeltidae, except Cylindrolaimus and Edalonema, are exclusively marine. (Tchesunov and Miljutina, 2008).

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Edalonema

Presumably epistrate mcrobial feeders

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2007. Free-living nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda errantia). Vol. II. Pedozoologica Hungarica No. 4 Budapest, Hungary, Hungarian
Natural History Museum and Systematic Zoology Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 496 pp

Holovachov, O. and Sturhan, D. 2003. Adelonema camerunense gen. et sp. n. (Araeolaimida: Diplopeltidae) from rain forest in Cameroon.
Russian Journal of Nematology 11:63-66.

Tchesunov, A.V. and Miljutina, M.A. 2008. A new free-living nematode lntasia monohystera gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda, Araeolaimida, Diplopeltidae) from the Barents Sea and the White Sea, with a key to genera of Diplopeltidae. Russian Journal of Nematology, 16:33-48

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Revised by Howard Ferris: November 02, 2026.