Craspodema		Contents		Rev: 08/10/2025
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Chromadorida

Chromadorina

             Chromadoroidea

                Cyatholaimidae

        Pomponematinae

       Craspodema Gerlach, 1956

Type species of genus: Craspodema octogoniata (Gerlach, 1954) Gerlach, 1956

    Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Homogeneous puncttions; prominent lateral differentiation of longitudinal row of large dots separated by wide lateral fields
• Large-sized dorsal tooth, smaller sub-ventral teeth .
• No posterior pharyngeal bulb.

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Distribution:

Free-living marine genus.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Craspodema

Probably microbial epistrate feeders

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Cunha, B.R. 2023. Diversity of Free-living Marine nematodes: Taxonomy and Syatematic of Family Cyatholaimidae. PhD Thesis, University of Campinas, Brazil

Cunha, B.P., Fonseca, G., Amaral, A.C.Z. 2022. Diversity and Distribution of Cyatholaimidae (Chromadorida: Nematoda): A Taxonomic and Systematic Review of the World Records. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:2022 https// DO.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.836670

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Revised: August 10, 2025.