Prodesmodora

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Desmodorida
Desmodorina
             Deamodoroidea
                Desmodoridae
Prodesmodorinae
       Prodesmodora Micoletzky, 1923

    Synonyms:
     

Type species P. circulatа Micoletzky, 1913

Tslaolikhin (2014) points out that practically all nine species of the genus Prodesmodora are known only from type localities except for species P. circulata . In part, that is because identification of the species on tha basis of morphological and morphometric characteristics is difficult.  That casts doubt on the validity of some of the reports of  P. circulata.  Morphometric characteristics of all the species are similar. Differentiation of the species is best performed by rectum length, tail length, cephalic setae length and by amphid position.

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:
  • Cuticle well annulated, not punctated.
  • Stoma more or less tubular, armed with some very small teeth;.
  • Cephalic setae four, short and fine.
  • Amphidial fovea circular.
  • Esophagus with bulb.

Females:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed.
Drawings of Prodesmodora sp. from Tsalolikhin (2014)


Males:  
  • Known only for one species

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

Most species are reported from soil and freshwater habitats  (Tsalolikhin, 2014).

 
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Feeding:

 

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Life Cycle:

 
 
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References:

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, I (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 518p.

Bongers, T. 1988. De Nematoden van Nederland, Pirola, Schoorl. Utrecht. 408p.

Goodey, T and J.B. Goodey, 1963. Soil and Freshwater Nematodes. Methuen. London

Ocana, A., Abolafia, J., and Abebe, E. 2001. Nematology 3:209-218.

Tsalolikhin, S.Y. 2014. Review of the genus Prodesmodora Micoletzky, 1923 (Nematoda: Desmodorida: Desmodoridae). Zoosystematica Rossica 23:3-6.

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Revised: July 20, 2022.