Nannolaimoides

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
Chromadorina
             Chromadoroidea
                Cyatholaimidae
        Pomponematinae
       Nannolaimoides Ott, 1972
Type species of genus: Nannolaimoides armatus (Gerlach, 1963) Ott, 1972

    Synonyms:

Nannolaimus

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic

Males:  

  • Spicules slightly S-shaped without central lamella
  •  Gubernaculum with lateral flanges without denticles.
  • Precloacal supplements papilliform, cup-shaped or button-shaped, cuticle usually strongly annulated between precloacal supplements.  Type A (Weiser and Hopper, 1967)

Ref: Ott, 1972; Chu et al., 2023; Tchesunov, 2013

 

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Distribution:

Marine nematodes, recovered from muddy sediments intertidal surface layers

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Nannolaimoides

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References:

Chu, M., Hao, Y., Huang, M. 2023. Two new species of Chromadorida (Nematoda) from the intertidal zone of the Yellow Sea, China. J. Nat. History 57:1364-1376

Ott J.A. 1972. Twelve new species of Nematodes from an Intertidal Sandflat in North Carolina. Int Rev Ges Hydrobiol Hydrogr. 57(1):463-496. doi: 10.1002/iroh.19720570307.

Tchesunov, A.V. 2013. 7.12 Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter, W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2: Nematoda

Wieser, W. and Hopper, B.E. 1967 : Marine nematodes of the east coast of North America I. Florida. - Bull. Mus.
Comp. Zool. 186 (5): 239-344.

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Revised: February 20, 2026.