Neotonchus

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
Chromadorina
             Chromadoroidea
      Neotonchidae
      Neotonchinae
       Neotonchus Cobb, 1933

Type species:   Neotonchus punctatus

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Neotonchus melotridus 7: Male head, lateral view; 8: Male head, sunventral view; 9-10: Esophageal bulb; 11: Male tail; 12: Left spicule; 13: Right spicule

Neotonchus phaleratus 14: Male head; 15: Female head; 16: Esophageal bulb; 17: Male tail; 18: Female tail

Drawings from Wieser and Hopper, 1966

Females:
  •  Didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed.
       

Ref:: Wieser and Hopper, 1966

Males:  
  • Monorchic, testis aoutstretched
  • Spicules of very characteristic shape, proximal two-thirds fairly straight and nearly uniform thickness, distal third narrowed, cylindroid, and with a slightly S-shaped curvature.
  • Preanal supplements large, well-developed, cup-shaped.

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References:

Wieser, W. and Hopper, B. 1966. The Neotonchinae, new subfamily (Cyatholaimidae: Nematoda), with an analysis of its genera, Neotonchus Cobb, 1933 and Gomphionema new genus. Canadian J. Zool.  44:519-532.

 

 
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Revised: December 09, 2024.