Cyatholaimus

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
Chromadorina
             Chromadoroidea
                Cyatholaimidae
        Cyatholaiminae
       Cyatholaimus Bastian, 1865
Type species of genus: Cyatholaimus ocellatus Bastian, 1865

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed
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    Ref: Cunha 2023; Cunha et al., 2022

Males:  

  • Diorchic, testes opposed, outstretched
  • Four precloacal supplements
  • Gubernaculum runpaired, distally very swollen and dentate

 

 


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

Free-living marine genus.

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Feeding:

Probably microbial epistrate feeders

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Life Cycle:

 
 
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References:

Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume XXV. Part II:73–184. https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=3599

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: March 11, 2025.