Paradraconema

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Desmodorida
Desmodorina
             Desmodoroidea
                Draconematidae
     Draconematinae

  •         Paradraconema Allen & Noffsinger, 1978
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    Type species:  Paradraconema floridense Allen & Noffsinger, 1978

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    Morphology and Anatomy:

     

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    Distribution:

    Free-living marine nematodes

     
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    Feeding:

    Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Paradraconema

     

     

     

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    Life Cycle:

     
     
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    Management:

     
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    References:

    Allen, M.W., Noffsinger, E.M. 1978. A revision of the marine nematodes of the superfamily Draconematoidea Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda: Drac,onematina). Univ Calif Pubs 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.

    Rho, H.S., Decraemer, W., Sorensen, M.V., Min, W.G., Jung, J. and Kim, W. 2011. Megadraconema cornutum, a new genus and species from
    Korea, with a discussion of its classification and relationships within the family Draconematidae (Nematoda, Desmodorida) based on morphological and molecular characters. Zoological Sci., 28:68-84.

    Tchesunov. A.V. 2013. 7.13 Order Desmodorida de Coninck, 1965 In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter, W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2: Nematoda

     

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    Revised by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: August 24, 2026.