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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Leptolaimoidea

Rhabdolaimidae

       

Rhabdolaimus De Man, 1880

 

      Type species of the genus: Rhabdolaimus terrestris 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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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

de Man, J. G. 1880. Die einheimischen, frei in der reinen Erde und im su�ssen Wasser lebenden Nematoden. Vorla�ufiger bericht und descriptivsystematischer Theil. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 5:1-104.

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Revised: October 16, 2024.