Rev: 05/14/2025
Metachromadoroides Timm, 1961
Type species of the genus: Metachromadoroides vulgaris (Timm, 1961) DeConinck, 1964
Synonyms:
Metachromadora vulgaris Timm, 1961
Ref: Gharahkhani et al. 2021; Tchesunov, 2014.
Females:
Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Metachromadoroides
Probably epistrate feeders
Gharahkhani, A., Pourjam, E., Leduc, D., Pedram, M. 2021. Further data on Iranian marine nematode diversity, with description of three new Desmodoridae Filipjev, 1922 (Nematoda: Desmodorida) species from the Persian Gulf. Nematology 23:781-802.
Tchesunov, A.V. 2014. Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). Handbook of zoology, Gastrotricha, Cyclioneuralia and Gnathifera. Volume 2: Nematoda. Hamburg, Germany, De Gruyter, pp. 374-434.
Timm, R.W. 1961. The marine nematodes of the Bay of Bengal. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences 1, 1-88.