Setosabatieria		Contents		Rev: 08/24/2026
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		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Chromadorida

Comesomatoidea

               Comesomatidae

      Sabatieriinae

       Setosabatieria Platt, 1985

Type species of the genus: Setosabatieria hilarula (De Man, 1922) Platt, 1985

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Main characteristics:

• Buccal cavity small, cup-shaped, without teeth;
• Cuticle transversely striated, not punctated
• Pharynx enlarging posteriorly without basal bulb
• Amphideal fovea multispiral
• Cervical setae long, in four sublateral rows.

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Distribution:

Marine nematodes in muddy sediments

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Setosabatieria

Epistrate feeders

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Predator.

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Management:

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References:

Huang, Y. and Guo, Y. 2022. Free-living Marine Nematodes from the East China Sea. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3836-7_5

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