Metachromadora

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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Desmodorida: Desmodorina
Deamodoroidea
Desmodoridae: Spiriniinae

Metachromadora Filipjev, 1918

Type species of genus: Metachromadora macroutera Filipjev, 1918

Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle finely or coarsely striated, extreme anterior end of the head unstriated
No cephalic capsule,
Spiral amphideal fovea which may be partly or completely surrounded by cutticle striations,
Outer labial sensilla usually setiform,
Buccal cavity with large dorsal tooth and two smaller subventral teeth; also, several subventral teeth or denticles may be present
Ppharynx with well-developed posterior bulb with a thick cuticular lining and partitioned into two or three sections.

Females:

Ref: Maria et al., 2014; Pinto and Neres, 2020

Males:

Monorchc, testis on left of the intestine
Spicules with well-developed velum and capitulum;
Precloacal supplements in various forms;
Tail conical

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

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Filipjev, I.N. 1918. Free-living marine nematodes of the Sevastopol area. Transactions of the Zoological Laboratory and the Sevastopol Biological Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences Series, 2: 1-203

Maria, T.F., Smol, N. and Esteves, A.M. 2014. Two new species of Metachromadora (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) from Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a revised dichotomous key to the genus. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 94:105-114. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413001161

Pinto, T.K. and Neres, P.F. 2020. Four new species of free-living nematodes from shallow continental shelf of Portugal. Zootaxa 4722 (1): 001-033.

Timm, R.W. 1961. The marine nematodes of the Bay of Bengal. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences 1, 1-88.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 05, 2024.

Metachromadora

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris. Revised: January 05, 2024.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 05, 2024.