Spirinia verecunda

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Desmodorida
Desmodorina
             Deamodoroidea
                Desmodoridae
Spiriniinae
       Spirinia verecunda Leduc & Verschelde, 2015

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Females:

  • Didelphic, anphidelphic, overies reflexed
  • Vulva slightly post mid-body

Males:

  •  Monorchic, testis outstretched
  • Sperm cells large,
  • Spicules short with weak capitulum
  • Precloacal supplements absent
  • Tail conical with setae, caudal glands and spinneret

Ref: Leduc and Verschelde, 2015.

 
Spirinia verecunda A. Male head surface view; B-C. Male head, buccal cavity; D. Female head with bacteria attached to cuticle; E. Male, anterior; F. Female, anterior; G. Male, posterior; H. Gubernaculum, with crurae (left) and cuneus (right); I. Female, posterior body; J. Female, posterior body with attached protist. Scale bar: A-D, I = 20 um, E-F = 30 um, G - 16 um, H = 12 um, J = 35 um
Drawings from Leduc and Verschelde, 2015

 

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Distribution:

Collected from Chatham Rise, 350 m depth, New Zealand

 
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Feeding:

Free-living marine nematodes, probably epistrate feeders

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

 
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References:

Leduc, D and Verchelde, D. 2015. New Spirinia and Stygodesmodora species (Nematoda, Spiriniinae) from the Southwest Pacific, and a revision of the related genera Spirinia, Chromaspirina and Perspiria. European J. Taxonomy 118:1-25.


 

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 25, 2026.