Alaimonema

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Desmodorida
Desmodorina
             Desmodoroidea
                Desmodoridae
     Spiriniinae
  •         Alaimonema Cobb, 1920
    •       Type species of the genus: Alaimonema multicinctum Cobb, 1920

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    Note: Alaimonema was  formerly assigned to family Diplopeltidae  by Gerlach and Riemann (1973), but Lorenzen (1981) argued for transfer to Desmodoridae, Spiriniinae (Tchesunov, 2013).

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    Morphology and Anatomy:

     

    Females:

    • Didelphic-amphidelphic

    Ref: Tchesunov, 2013
     
    Males:  
    • Monorchic
    • Elevated "campanulate" supplementary organs present
     

     

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    Distribution:

    Free-living marine nematodes

     
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    Feeding:

    Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Alaimonema

    Probably 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:

    Cobb, N. A. 1920.  One Hundred New Nemas (Type Species of 100 New species). Contributions to a Science of Nematology, IX . Waverly Press, Baltimore.

    Gerlach, A. and Riemann, F. 1973.  The Bremerhaven checklist of aquatic nematodes. A catalogue of Nematoda Adenophorea excluding the Dorylaimida. Part 1. Ver offentlichungen des Instituts fur Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 4: 1-736.

    Lorenzen, S. 1981. Entwurf eines phylogenetischen Systems der freilebenden Nematoden. Ver ofentlichungen des Instituts fur Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 7, Suppl.: 472S.

    Tchesunov. A.V. 2013. 7.13 Order Desmodorida de Coninck, 1965 In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter, W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2: Nematoda
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    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: July 28, 2026.