Dorylaimopsis		Contents		Rev: 10/03/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Chromadorida

Comesomatoidea

               Comesomatidae

    Dorylaimopsinae

       Dorylaimopsis

Type species of the genus:

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body cylindrical;  with anterior blunt end and tail conico-cylindrical.
• Cuticle is punctated.
• Rows of long  somatic setae
• Inner labial sensilla may be indistinct, outer labial sensilla papilliform and the cephalic densilla  long and setiform.
• Stoma tubular with 3 large teeth in the anterior
• Pharynx long with terminal bulb
• Amphids multispiral
• Tail long, conicocylindrical, with setae (fewer in female) and prominent spinneret

Ref: Muthumbi et al., 1997 (Based mainly on description of D. coomansi)

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Distribution:

Specimens of some species were collected from bottom substrate in the Indian Ocean mainly at depths of 20-100m (Muthumbi et al., 1997).

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Feeding:

Free-living marine nematodes. The three large teeth suggest omnivory as well as epistrate feeding.

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 03, 2024.