Marylynnia complexa

Marylynnia complexa	Contents	Rev: 07/11/2024
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	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Chromadorida: Chromadorina
Chromadoroidea
Cyatholaimidae: Cyatholaiminae
Marylynnia complexa Warwick, 1971

    Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle pores of two types, simple rounded and longitudinally oval, the latter situated between two dots and referred to as lateral modified punctations.
Buccal cavity narrow with six short labial setae, six longer jointed and four longer cephalic setae.
Amphids multispiral with 6.5 to 7.5 turns.
Tail is distal half cylindrical with swollen tip

Marylynnia complexa A: Male anterior; P: Male posterior
Drawings from Annapurna et al., 2012

Females:

Ref: Annapurna et al., 2012

Males:

Proximal third of the spicule more heavily cuticularised with broad ventral alae.
Each half of gubernaculum crescentic,
Ssix small but distinct cup-shaped supplements in front of cloaca.

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

Distribution:

Free-living marine nematode.

Reported from Northeast coast of India, 500m depth; Northumberland coast, northeast England in sublittoral fine sand and silt..

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Annapurna, C., Vijaya Bhanu, C., Srinivasa Rao, M., Sivalakshmi, M.V., Lilly M. .Cooper, G., Rao, Y.K. 2012. Free-living nematodes along the continental slope off northeast coast of India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 54:52-60.

Platt, H. M. and R. M. Warwick. 1988. Free-living marine nematodes. Part II: British Chromadorids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) NO. 38, Brill, E.J., Leiden, 501pp