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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Chromadorida

   Hypodontolaimidae (or Chromadoridae: Hypodontolaiminae)

       Panduripharynx Timm, 1961

Type species of genus: Panduripharynx ornatum Timm, 1961 (??)

Note, other species described as Pandurinema (described from terrestrial habitats) have been transferred by various authors to Aulolaimus (Abolafia et al,  2018).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Based on the description of Pandurinema obtusa (Timm, 1961).

• Complex cuticular ornamentation; broad lateral alae crossed by sclerotized hooks and bordered by large dots.
• Stoma broad, sclerotized walls, large, hollow, dorsal and subventral teeth and solid denticles; prominent labial rugae.
• Four cephalic setae; amphids slit-like, indistinct
• Esophagus panduriform (fiddle-shaped) with massive double bulbs that have internal sclerotization
• Excretory cell at base of esophagus, excretory pore at mid-esophagus.
• Tail conical, 4 x ABD long

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Distribution:

Marine habitat, bottom mud and algae, Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh..

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References:

Abolafia, J and Pena-Santiago, R. 2018. Morphology, taxonomy and phylogeny of the enigmatic genus Aulolaimus de Man, 1880 (Nematoda, Aulolaimidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 277: 101-115.

Timm, R.W. 1957. Some soil nematodes from East Pakistan. Pak. J. Biol. Agric. Sci. 1:6-10

 Timm, R.W. 1961. The marine nematodes of the Bay of Bengal. Proceedings of Pakistan Academy of Sciences,1:1-88

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 04, 2024.