Paramarylynnia

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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Chromadorida: Chromadorina
Chromadoroidea
Cyatholaimidae: Cyatholaiminae
Paramarylynnia Huang & Zhang, 2007
Type species of genus: Paramarylynnia subventrosetata Huang & Zhang, 2007

Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle without lateral differentiation
Buccal cavity with a dorsal tooth and paired subventral teeth
Pharyngeal bulb absent
Species are differentiated mostly by the tail shape and by cuticle ornamentation, either homogeneous or heterogeneous throughout the body (Huang and Sun, 2011; Cunha, 2023).

Females:

Didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed

Ref: Cunha, 2023

Males:

Gubernaculum dilated not dentate
Precloacal supplemewnts may be present in some species but difficult to interpret from drawings (Cunha, 2023).

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

Distribution:

Paramarylynnia species have been described from the Continental Shelf of the Yellow Sea (Temperate Northern Pacific) (Cunha, 2023).

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Paramarylynnia

Probably epistrate feeders

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Cunha, B.P. 2023. Diversity of free-living marine nematodes: taxonolmy and systematic of family Cyatholaimidae . PhD Thesis Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Brazil

Huang, Y., and Sun, J. 2011. Two new free-living marine nematode species of the genus Paramarylynnia (Chromadorida: Cyatholaimidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 9:395-401. doi:10.1017/S0025315410001177

Huang, Y., and Xu, K. 2013. Two new free-living nematode species (Nematoda: Cyatholaimidae) from intertidal sediments of the Yellow Sea, China. Cah. Biol. Mar. 54:1-10.

Huang, Y., and Zhang, Z. 2007. A new genus and new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Yellow Sea, China. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87:717-722. doi: 10.1017/S002531540705432X

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 07, 2025.

Paramarylynnia

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris. Revised: June 07, 2025.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 07, 2025.