Bongersia

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Ironina
                Ironoidea
                     Leptosomatidae
Leptosomatinae

Bongersia  Platonova, 1988

    Type species of the genus: Bongersia innocelata (Platonova, 1967) Platonova, 1988

Synonyms:

Leptosomatides innocelata Platonova, 1967

Genus named for Tom Bongers who revised the original genus Leptosomatides in Bongers (1984).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes. 

Type species, Bongersia innocelata, described from the European Arctic ocean.

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Feeding:

 

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Life Cycle:

 
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References:

Bongers, T. 1984. Revision of the genus Leptosomatides Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda: Enoplida). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 97: 12�29.

Platonova, T. A. 1967. Free-living marine nematodes of the family Leptosomatidae from the European Arctic [Svobodnozhivushchie Morskie Nematody Semeistva Leptosomatidae Evropeiskoi Arktiki]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 46: 828-839.

Smol, N., Muthumbi, A., Sharma, J. 2014. Order Enoplida, 7.3. In Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed) Handbook of Zoology. De Gruyter, Berlin

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Revised: February 21, 2024.