Spirinia parasitifera

Spirinia parasitifera	Contents	Rev: 11/01/2024
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Desmodorida: Desmodorina
Deamodoroidea
Desmodoridae: Spiriniinae
Spirinia parasitifera Bastian 1865??

Synonyms:

Spira parasitifera Bastian, 1865

Spiliphera oxycephala Butschli, 1874

Spirinia nidrosiensis Allgen, 1933

Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle finely striated in the anterior region, narrower in the mid-body and tail region.
Inner and outer labial sensilla papilliform; four cephalic setae (7-10 uμm long) at level of amphidial fovea.
Amphidial fovea cryptospiral located forward in the head
Eight longitudinal rows of somatic setae decreasing in length from the cervical region ) to papillae at mid-body and tail region.
Pharynx muscular with posterior bulb and internal lining sclerotized. Cardia inconspicuous.
Tail conical, last portion without striations.

Ref: Armenteros et al., 2014

Females:

Didelphic, amphidelphic with reflexed ovaries.
Vulva a transversal apertur

Males:

Monorchic;
Spicules strongly bent, with capitulum, g
Gubernaculum a bent rod dorsally oriented;
No precloacal supplements.

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Distribution:

Collected from the Punta Frances coral reef (Cuba). Cosmopolitan species recorded from several habitats and biogeographical regions (Armenteros et al., 2014)

Feeding:

Free-living marine nematodes, probably epistrate feeders

Biology and Ecology:

Body size reported as smaller in warmer areas (Armenteros et al., 2014)

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Allgen C. 1933. Freilebende Nematoden aus dem Trondhjemsfjord. Capita Zoologica 4 (2):1-162

Armenteros, M., Ruiz-Abierno, A., Decraemer, W. 2014. Revision of Desmodorinae and Spiriniinae (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) with redescription of eight known species. European J. Taxonomy 96:1-32.

Bastian, H.C. 1865. Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25 (2): 73-184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1865.tb00179.x

Bï¿½tschli, D. 1874. Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Nematoden, insbesondere der des Kieler Hafens. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 9 (3).237-292

Gerlach S.A. 1963. Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven II. Kieler Meeresforschungen Sonderheft 19: 67-113