Endeolophos skeneae

 

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Rev: 11/16/2024

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
    Chromadoridae
Euchromadorinae
       Endeolophos skeneae Holovachov, Bostrom, Reid, Waren & Schander, 2011
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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

Females:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic; ovary branches reflexed antidromously. 
  • Gonoduct broad and filled with granular content , not divided into oviduct and uterus.
  •  Spermatheca absent, small thin spermatozoa enclosed in an ovoid spermatophore-like structure with hyaline outer shell.
  •  Vagina is straight and short, without sclerotizations.
  •  Caudal setae present, one subventral pair just posterior to anal opening, and two  three pairs in posterior of  tail.

Ref: Holovachov et al, 2011

  
   

Males:  

  • Monorchic, testis directed anteriorly
  • Spicules paired, well developed, L-shaped, with ovoid manubrium, narrow blade and thin velum.
  • Gubernaculum is slightly arcuate, plate-like, without apophyses. Telamons absent. Precloacal and post-cloacal supplements absent.
  • Caudal setae present, one subventral pair just posterior to anal opening, a few scattered along the tail, one subventral pair in posterior of tail and one subdorsal pair near tail terminus.

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

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Distribution:

Described from specimens collected from shells of the gastropod mollusc, Skenea profunda, inhabiting sunken wood  at 2830 m depth in the north-east Atlantic.

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Feeding:

Epistrate
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Biology and Ecology:

Commensal relationship with gastropod mollusc, epibiotic.

Tolerant of conditions in ocean depths.

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

 
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References:

Holovachov, O., Bostrom, S., Reid, N., Waren, A., Schander, C. 2011. Endeolophos skeneae sp. nov. (Chromadoridae) - a free-living marine nematode epibiotically associated with deep-sea gastropod Skenea profunda (Skeneidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91:387-394.

 

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 16, 2024.