Malakhovia

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
           
                    Andrassyidae

Malakhovia Tchesunov & Gagarin, 1999

    Type species of the genus: Malakhovia chernobyli Tchesunov & Gagarin, 1999

Genus named in honor of  Prof. V.V. Malakhov who sampled these nematodes in the cooling reservoirs of the Chernobyl. Atomic Energy Station in northern Ukraine.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

With characteristics of the family Andrassyidae.

Male:

  • unknown

Ref:: Tchesunov and Gagarin, 1999

Female:

  • Amphidelphic, didelphic

  • Uterus without hemi-rosette structure.

  • Oviparous.

 
 
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Distribution:

Free-living freshwater nematodes. Type species, Malakhovia chernobyli, described from specimens sampled by Prof. V.V. Malakhov in the cooling reservoirs of the Chernobyl. Atomic Energy Station in northern Ukraine.

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Feeding:

 

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Life Cycle:

 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

 
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References:

 

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

Tchesunov, A.V. and Gagarin, V.G. 1999. Descriptions of Andrassya tundrovi Gagarin, 1993 and Malakhovia chernobyli gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Andrassyidae fam. n.). Nematology 1:141-148.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 28, 2023.