Paracomesoma

Paracomesoma	Contents	Rev: 03/07/2022
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Chromadorida: Comesomatoidea
Comesomatidae: Comesomatinae
Paracomesoma (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) Hope & Murphy, 1972

Type species: Paracomesoma dubium Filipjev, 1918

Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle with transverse annules or punctations, sometimes difficult to see.
Lateral fields present or absent.
Anterior sensilla in three distinctly separated rings.
Posterior portion of the buccal cavity cylindrical, with strongly sclerotized walls and provided with three or six thorn-like projections at the border of the anterior portion.

Females:

Didelphic, amphidelphic

Ref Semprucci, 2015.

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

Males:

Spicules long and slender.
Gubernaculum plate-like without dorsal apophysis.

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Distribution:

Reported from coral sediments and associated mud.

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Feeding:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Predator.

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Management:

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References:

Filipjev I. 1918. Nematodes libres marins des environds de SeÂ´bastopol, Partie I. Trudy Osoboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii l Sevastopolâ€™skoi Biologicheski Stantsii, 4, 362 pp.

Hope W.D. and Murphy D.G. 1972..A taxonomic hierarchy and checklist of the genera and higher taxa of marine nematodes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 137, 1 â€“101.

Semprucci, F. 2015. A new species of Paracomesoma (Comesomatidae) from Maldives (Indian Ocean) with an emended diagnosis and an updated key of the genus. J. Marine Biol. Assoc. UK. 95:339-347.