Aponcholaimus

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Linhomoeidae
       Aponcholaimus Allgen, 1957

Type species of the genus:  Aponcholaimus linhomoeoides Allgen, 1957

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General characteristics of the genus:

Ref: Allgen, 1957

 

Females:

 
 

Males:  


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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes. Type species, Aponcholaimus linhomoeoides, was reported from the ocean in the Arctic region near Greenland (Allgen, 1957)

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Aponcholaimus

 
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Life Cycle:

 
 
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References:

Allgen, C.A. 1957. On a small collection of freeliving marine nematodes from Greenland and some other Arctic regions, with reviews and analyses of the compositions of all hitherto known Arctic nematode faunas. Meddelelser om Grenland 159 n. 3., 42pp.
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Revised: June 23, 2026.