Vasostoma

 

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Rev: 07/23/2024

  Classification Biology and Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
Comesomatoidea
               Comesomatidae
    Dorylaimopsinae
       Vasostoma Wieser, 1954

Type species: Vasostoma spiratus Wieser, 1954

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Shimada and Kakui, 2021

 

 

Females:

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

   

Males:  

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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:

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.
 

Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: July 23, 2024.