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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Araeolaimida

Araeolaimoidea

Diplopeltidae

        Campylaimus Cobb, 1920

 

Type species of the genus: Campylaimus inaequalis Cobb, 1920

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Small nematodes
• Cuticle striated;
• Cephalic sensilla short;
• Buccal cavity subterminal, opening dorsally or ventrally;
• Amphideal fovea loop-shaped with ventral limb extending down the body to the tail;
• Tail conical or conical-cylindrical

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Distribution:

Marine nematodes in clay sediment in deep ocean

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Campylaimus

Probably microbes in epistrate and sediment

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Fadeeva, N., Mordukhovich, V. and Zograf, J. 2016. Revision of the genus Campylaimus (Diplopeltidae, Nematoda) with description of four new species from the sea of Japan. Zootaxa 4107 (2): 222–238.

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