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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Ironina

                Ironoidea

                   Leptosomatidae

Synonchinae

Macronchus  Innglis, 1964

Type species of the genus: Macronchus shealsi Inglis, 1964

    Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General characteristics of genus:

• Head bluntly rounded, narrow cepalic capsule
• Ineer circle of 6 inner papillae, outer circle of 10 labial and cephslic setae
• Oral cavity narrow with three teeth of equally large size developed from esophagus and three serrated cuticular plates from stoma walls

Ref: Smol et al., 2014; Inglis, 1964

Males:

• Soicules massive
• Gubernaculum with dentate distal end

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Macronchus

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Inglis, W.G. 1964. The marine Enoplida (Nematoda): a comparative study of the head. Bull. Brit. Museum Nat. Hist. 11`:263-376.

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 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 24, 2026.