Rhabdolaimus

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
       Plectida
Leptolaimoidea
Rhabdolaimidae
       
Rhabdolaimus De Man, 1880
 
      
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Morphology and Anatomy:


Rhabdolaimus terrestris De Man, 1880
Drawings from Botha and Heyns, 1993

Females:

  • Small nematodes 0.4-0.65 mm long

  • Cuticle with fine transverse striae in subcuticle.

  • Lips fused and rounded with indistinct papillae

  • Stoma tubular with sclerotized walls; small denticles at base of stoma.

  • Muscular basal bulb of esophagus with valve apparatus.

  • Cardia at base of esophagus.

  • Tail elongate-conoid, tapering to a bluntly-rounded terminus.

  • Female diovarial, amphidelphic with short, reflexed ovaries; Vulva a transverse slit.

Male not seen.

  
 
 
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Distribution:

Reported from river banks in moist locations.

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Feeding:

Probably a bacterial-feeder.

 
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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

 
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References:

Botha, A., Heyns, J. 1993. Species of the genera Oxydirus, Dorylaimellus (Axodorylaimellus), Laimydorus and Rhabdolaimus from rivers in the Kruger National Park (Nematoda: Dorylaimida and Araeolaimida). Koedoe 36:49-60. doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v36i1.361

 

 
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Revised: August 21, 2021.