Longicyatholaimus

Longicyatholaimus	Contents	Rev: 07/13/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Chromadorida: Chromadorina
Chromadoroidea
Cyatholaimidae: Cyatholaiminae
Longicyatholaimus Micoletzky, 1924
Type species of genus: Longicyatholaimus longicaudatus (de Man, 1876) Micoletzky, 1924

Synonyms:

Cyatholaimus de Man, 1876

Morphology and Anatomy:

Lateral differentiation of cuticle of larger and more widely-spaced dots sometimes in form of longitudinal rows of punctuations.
Buccal cavity small, with a dorsal tooth and sub-ventral teeth which may be greatly reduced or absent.
No posterior pharyngeal bulb.
Tail with elongate slender flagellum

Females:

Didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed
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Ref: Samprucci et al., 2017

Males:

Diorchic, testes opposed, outstretched
Precloacal supplements present or absent.; when present, generally cup-shaped (with conical setae protruding from the body of the cup-shaped supplements in L. maldivarum).
Gubernaculum distally dentate, paired

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

Distribution:

Widely distributed free-living marine genus.

Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Samprucci, F., Burattini, S., Falcieri, E., Balsamo, M. 2017. A re-description of Longicyatholaimus maldivarum Gerlach, 1964 (Nematoda, Cyatholamidae) with an emended identification key of the genus. Zootaxa 4323:96-108.

Wieser, W. 1953. Die Beziehungzwischen Mundhhlengestalt, Emhrungsweise und Vorkommenbeimarinen Nematoden. Arkive Zoologie, 4: 439-484.