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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Chromadorida

    Chromadoridae

Chromadorinae

       Punctodora Filipjev, 1922

Type species of the genus: Punctodora ratzburgensis (Linstow, 1876) Filipjev, 1922

    Synonyms:

Chromadora ratzburgensis Linstow, 1876

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle finely striated and finely homogeneously punctated; some lateral dots larger than submedian dots.
• Amphideal fovea flattened, spiral; located at level of dorsal tooth.
• Stoma with well-developed dorsal tooth and two smaller ventrosublateral teeth at the anterior and posterior borders of an indentation.
• Ocelli present.
• Secretory-excretory in head region.
• Well-defined posterior pharyngeal bulb.

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Distribution:

Freshwater and marine habitats

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Punctodora

may feed on diatoms.

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, I (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 518p.

Bongers, T. 1988. De Nematoden van Nederland, Pirola, Schoorl. Utrecht. 408p.

Goodey, T and J.B. Goodey, 1963. Soil and Freshwater Nematodes. Methuen. London

Tchesunov, A.V. 2013. 7.12 Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter, W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2: Nematoda

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 16, 2026.