Trochamus

  

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
    Chromadoridae
Euchromadorinae
       Trochamus Boucher & De Bovee, 1971

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  •  amphidelphic

Ref: Muthumbi and Vincx, 1998

Males:

  •  monorchic
  • simple spicules
  • absence of precloacal supplements.


Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

free-living marine nematodes

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Feeding:

 
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Life Cycle:

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References:

Hodda, M. 2022. Phylum Nematoda: a classification, catalogue and index of valid genera, with a census of valid species. Zootaxa 5114:1-289. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5114.1.1

Muthumbi, A.W., Vincx, M. 1998. Chromadoridae (Chromadorida: Nematoda) from the Indian Ocean: Description of new and known species. Hydrobiologia 364:119-153.

 

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