Vasostoma

  

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Rev: 08/24/2026

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
Comesomatoidea
               Comesomatidae
    Dorylaimopsinae
       Vasostoma Wieser, 1954

Type species: Vasostoma spiratus Wieser, 1954

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Shimada and Kakui, 2021; Huang and Guo, 2022

 

 

Females:

  • Diselphic amphidelphis
  • Vulva near mid-body

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

   

Males:  

  •  Varying length, short or long
  • Gubernaculum with apohysis directed caudally
  • Precloacal supplements present

 
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Life Cycle:

 
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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

Shimada, D. and Kakui, K. 2021. Three Free-living Marine Nematodes From Sagami Bay, Japan, With a Description of Wiesoncholaimus jambio sp. nov. (Nematoda: Oncholaimidae). Zool. Science 39:106-114.
 

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