Desmodora pontica

Desmodora pontica	Contents	Rev: 10/31/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Desmodorida: Desmodorina
Deamodoroidea
Desmodoridae: Desmodorinae
Desmodora pontica Filipjev, 1922

Synonyms:

Desmodora (Pseudochromadora) pontica, Gerlach 1963

Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle coarsely striated (annuli c 2 um width anteriorly, finer at mid-body.
Strong head capsule with labial region offsat by a suture. Inner labial setae papilliform; outer labial seate relatively long; four cephalic setae (4-8 um long); one circle of four subcephalic setae posterior to the amphidial fovea.
Amphidial fovea cryptospiral.
Eight longitudinal rows of short somatic setae running along the entire body length, reduced to four rows on the tail.
Buccal cavity narrow, elongate, with one dorsal tooth and two minute ventrosublateral teeth at the same level.
Pharynx muscular with posterior bulb and plasmatic interruptions, internal lining well sclerotized.
Cardia extended.
Posterior half of tail without striation but conspicuously punctated.

Females:

Didelphic, ovaries antidromously reflexed, both on right of the intestine.
Vulva a transversal slit

Ref: Armenteros et al., 2014

Males:

Monorchic, anterior testis to the left of the intestine.
Spicule strongly curved and cephalated.
Gubernaculum a narrow rod.
No supplements.

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

Distribution:

Collected from the Punta Frances coral reef (Cuba).

Feeding:

Free-living marine nematodes; probably epistrate feeders .

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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.

Filipjev I.N. 1922. Sur les Nematodes libres de la mer dâ€™Azov. Trudy Stavropolskago Selskokhozyaistvennago Instituta 1 (7): 185-208

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