Eusynonchus		Contents		Rev: 06/23/2026
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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Ironina

                Ironoidea

                    Leptosomatidae

Synonchinae

Eusynonchus  Platonova, 1970

Type species of the genus: Eusynonchus brevisetosus  (Southern, 1914) Platonova, 1970

    Synonyms:

Flacra brevisetosa Southern, 1914 (??)

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General characteristics of genus:

• Cephalic capsule short with shallow interglobular grooves.
• Amphids small, below cephalic capsule.
• Stoma with three small teeth (dorsal larger than two subventral).
• Preneural body region covered with setae arranged in longitudinal rows.
• Tail long with clavate tip.

Ref: Smol et al., 2014

Males:

• Spicules narrow, curved and cephalate
• Gubernaculum funnel-shaped.
• Supplement papilliform and single.

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Eusynonchus

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Platonova, T.A. 1970.  The taxonomy of the family Leptosomatidae (Nematoda) from the Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic waters. Zool. Zhurnal. 49: 1298-1305

Platonova, T.A. 1979.  Structure of the head end and system of the subfamily Synonchinae (Nematoda, Enoplida, Leptosomatidae). Zool. Zh. 58: 1117-1129.

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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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 23, 2026.