Axonolaimus spinosus

Axonolaimus spinosus	Contents	Rev: 06/17/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Araeolaimida: Araeolaimoidea; Axonolaimidae


Axonolaimus spinosus Butschli, 1874

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Buccal cavity long, Amphid is wide and long, with
the two arms lying parallel and contiguous.
Esophagus broadens towards the base, but without a definite bulb.
Tail is three quarters conical with the remainder more or less cylindrical.
Body length <1 mm

Ref: Annpurna et al., 2012

Female:

Vulva at 54-56% of body length.

Ref: Annapurna et al., 2012

Axonolaimus spinosus A: female anterior; B: female posterior
Drawigs from Annapurna et al., 2012

Males:

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Reported from sublittoral mud. at Exe estuary, southwest England (intertidal low-salinity mud); Isles of Scilly (intertidal sand), Northumberland coast, northeastEngland (Sub littoral mud).Also ftom Divi point (500 m), northeast coast of India (Annapurna et al., 2012).

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Feeding:

Free-living marine nematodes

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

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References:

Annapurna, C., Vijaya Bhanu, C., Srinivasa Rao, M., Sivalakshmi, M.V., Lilly M. .Cooper, G., Rao, Y.K. 2012. Free-living nematodes along the continental slope off northeast coast of India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 54:52-60.

Hopper, B.E. 1963. Marine nematodes from the coastline of the Gulf of Mexici. Can. J. Zool. 41:841-863.

Warwick, R. M., H. M. Platt and P. J. Somerfield. 1998. Freeâ€“living marine nematodes. Part III: British Monhysterids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) NO.53, Shrewsbury: Field Studies Council, 269 pp