Coninckia

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Araeolaimida
Araeolaimoidea
Coninckidae
        Coninckia Gerlach, 1956
  •       The only genus of the family Coninckidae.

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    Morphology and Anatomy:

     
    • Anterior sensilla arranged in three circles; inner labial sensilla papilliform or setiform, outer labial and cephalic setiform.
    • Amphids with one or two turns relatively large (about as large as the corresponding body diameter) situated on punctuated plaques.
    • Somatic setae present or absent.
    • Buccal cavity minute and sometimes difficult to recognize. .
    • Tail conical cylindrical with a dilated tip.
    • Sexual dimorphism usually apparent

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    Males:  

    • Spicules ventrally curved.
    • Gubernaculum with median pieces and posterior apophyses/
    Ref: Fonseca, and Bezerra, 2013

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    Distribution:

    Free-living marine nematodes.

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    References:

    Andrássy, I. 2005.  Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, Vol. I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest.

    Fonseca, G. and Bezerra, T.N. 2013. Order Araeolaimida De Coninck & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933. In Schmidt-Rhaesa (Ed). Handbook of Zoology. De Gruyter. DOI:10.1515/9783110274257.467

    Tsechunov, A.V. 2000. Several new and known species from the families Coninckiidae and Comesomatidae (Nematoda) in the White Sea, Hydrobiologia 435: 43-59.

     

    Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: May 03, 2022.