Acanthonchus

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
Chromadorina
             Chromadoroidea
                Cyatholaimidae
       Acanthonchus Cobb, 1920

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 Females:
  • didelphic,ovaries relexed;
  •  viviparous.

   
   

Males:  

  • precloacal supplements tubular, anterior-most larger;
  • gubernaculum simple;

Ref: Chen et al., 2015

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes, in sediment.

 
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Feeding:

Probably epistrate feeders.

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Life Cycle:

 
 
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Management:

 
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References:

Chen, C-A., Nguyen, D.T., Smol, N. 2015. Two new free-living marine nematode species from an intertidal sandyrocky shore on Pulau Ubin, Singapore with a key to the valid species of the genera Prooncholaimus and Acanthonchus. Raffles Bull. Zoology Suppl. 31 68-74.

Cobb N.A. 1920. One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contributions to a Science of Nematology, IX: 217-343.

 

 
Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 29, 2023.