Draconema

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Desmodorida
Desmodorina
             Deamodoroidea
                Draconematidae
     Draconematinae

  •         Draconema Cobb, 1913
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    Type species: Draconema cephalatum, Cobb 1913

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    Morphology and Anatomy:

     

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    Distribution:

    Free-living marine nematodes

     
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    References:

    Allen MW, Noffsinger EM (1978) A revision of the marine nematodes of the superfamily Draconematoidea Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda: Draconematina). Univ Calif Publs Zool 109: 1-133

    Decraemer W, Gourbault N, Backeljau T (1997) Marine nematodes of the family Draconematidae (Nemata): a synopsis with phylogenetic relationships. Hydrobiologia 357: 185–202

    Raes, M., Decraemer, W., Vanreusel, A. 2009. Draconematidae (Nematoda) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight: The genus  Cygnonema Allen & Noffsinger, 1978. Organisms, Diversity, Evolution  37:e1-e20.

     

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    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: February 22, 2024.