Robbea

 

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Rev: 11/21/2023

  Classification Biology and Ecology
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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Desmodorida
Desmodorina
             Deamodoroidea
                Desmodoridae
       Stilbonematinae

  •         Robbea Gerlach, 1956
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    Morphology and Anatomy:

     

    • Cuticle finely striated, covered by film of mucus and bacteria

    • Head capsule with thickened cuticle,

    • Sensilla in 6-6-4 pattern, papilliform and setiform.

    • Amphid fovea spiral.

    • Pharynx with anterior muscular corpus, narrow isthmus and posterior bulb.

    • Tail conical

     

    Females:

    • 1Didelphic, ovaries antidromously reflexed, both genital branches to the left of intestine.

     
     


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    • Monorchic,

    • Gubernaculum with or without dorsocaudal apophysis.

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    Ref: Armenteros et al., 2014

    Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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    Distribution:

    Marine nematodes in tidal sands and coral reefs.

     
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    Feeding:

    Nematodes in the subfamily Stilbonematinae of the Desmodoridae are associated with, and feed on,  dense coatings of sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic gammaproteobacteria with which they are apparently obligately symbiotic. The nematodes inhabit environments with low oxygen availability and reducing conditions. Essentially, the nematodes ‘farm’ their bacterial associates by migrating to ocean sediments rich in hydrogen sulfide (Bulgheresi Reference Bulgheresi2011; Murfin et al. Reference Murfin, Dillman, Foster, Bulgheresi, Slatko, Sternberg and Goodrich-Blair2012; Blaxter and Koutsovoulos, 2015).

     

     

     

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    Biology and Ecology:

     

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    Life Cycle:

     
     
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    References:

    Armenteros, M., Ruiz-Abierno, A., Decraemer, W. 2014. Taxonomy of Stilbonematinae (Nematoda: Desmodoridae): description of two new and three known species and phylogenetic relationships within the family. Zool; J. of the Linnean Soc. 171-1-21.

    Blaxter, M. and Koutsovoulos, G. 2015. The evolution of parasitism in Nematoda. Parasitology 142: S26-S39.

    Bulgheresi, S. 2011. Calling the roll on Laxus oneistus immune defense molecules. Symbiosis 55, 127-135.

    Chitwood, B.G. 1936. Some marine nematodes from North Carolina. Proc. Helmint. Soc. Wash. 3: 1-16.

    Murfin, K. E., Dillman, A. R., Foster, J. M., Bulgheresi, S., Slatko, B. E., Sternberg, P. W. and Goodrich-Blair, H. 2012. Nematode-bacterium symbioses - cooperation and conflict revealed in the “omics” age. Biological Bulletin 223, 85-102.

     

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    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: November 21, 2023.