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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Plectina

Ohridiidae

        Domorganus Goodey, T. 1947

      

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Nematodes usually associated with marine, freshwater or terrestrial oligochaet annelids and considered either parasites or in commensal relationships,.  Terrestrial forms are often found associated with or in the intestines of earthworms and enchytraeids.

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References:

Holovachov, O. and Bostrom, S. 2004. Morphology and systematics of the superfamilies Leptolaimoidea Örley, 1880 and Camacolaimoidea Micoletzky, 1924 (Nematoda: Plectida).  J. Nematode Morphology and Systematics 7:1-49.

Holovachov,O. 2016. Identification keys to genera and species of the suborder Plectina, order Plectida (Nematoda). Swedish Museum of Natural History and ArtDatabanken

Holovachov O. 2014. 7.16 Order Plectida Gadea, 1973. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa A. (ed.) Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Volume 2: Nematoda. de Gruyter: 487-535.

Holovachov O., Vanaverbeke J. & Gibson D. 2016. Plectida. In: Guilini K., Bezerra T.N., Deprez T., Fonseca G., Holovachov O., Leduc D., Miljutin D., Moens T., Sharma J., Smol N., Tchesunov A., Mokievsky V., Vanaverbeke J., Vanreusel A., Vincx,M. (2016) NeMys: World Database of Free-Living Marine Nematodes. Accessed at http://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php? p=taxdetails&id=458811 .

Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 11, 2022.