Ascolaimus		Contents		Rev: 08/24/2026
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Araeolaimida

Araeolaimoidea

Axonolaimidae

        Ascolaimus (Butschli, 1874) Ditlevsen, 1919

 

 Type species of the genus:  Ascolaimus elongatus (Butschli, 1874) Ditlevsen, 1919

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length 2-6 mm
• Buccal cavity with two conical chambers
• Amphid a rounded loop
• Tail swollen posteriorly

Ref: Huang and Guo, 2022

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Distribution:

Reported from sublittoral muddy sediment, East China Sea.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Ascolaimus

Probably epistrate microbial feeders

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Huang, Y. and Guo, Y. 2022. Free-living Marine Nematodes from the East China Sea. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3836-7_5