Prochaetosoma

 

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Desmodorida
Desmodorina
             Deamodoroidea
                Draconematidae
     Prochaetosominae

  •         Prochaetosoma  Micoletzky, 1922
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    Morphology and Anatomy:

     

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    • Spicules arcuate
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    Distribution:

    Free-living marine nematodes

     
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    Feeding:

    Probably epistrate feeders with scraping tooth in stoma  (Heip et al., 1998; Tchesunov, 2015).

     

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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: Draconematina). Univ Calif Publs Zool 109: 1-133

    Heip, C., Vincx, M., Vranken, G. 1985. The ecology of marine nematodes. Oceanography and marine biology. Ann Rev Lond 23:399-489

    Tchesunov, A.V. 2015. Free-living nematode species (Nematoda) in hydrothermal sites of the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Helgoland Marine Research 69:343-384.

     

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    Revised: February 22, 2024.