Crenopharynx

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Enoplina
                Enoploidea
                     Phanodermatidae
Crenopharynginae

Crenopharynx  Filipjev, 1934

Type species of the genus: Crenopharynx gracilis (von Linstow, 1900) Filipjev, 1934

    Synonyms:

Crenopharynx gracilis (von Linstow, 1900) Filipjev, 1934

Anoplostoma gracile von Linstow, 1900

Stenolaimus gracile (von Linstow, 1900) Filipjev, 1927

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  •  Pharyngeal capsule with long outgrowths filled with muscular tissue at the anterior end,
  • Ccephalic capsule weakly developed (type III pharyngocephalic complex).
  • Ocelli absent.
  • Tail conico-cylindrical in shape, filiform in cylindrical part. Spicules longer than 3.0 anal body diameters. Precloacal supplement absent

Male:

  • Spicules longer than 3.0 cloacal body diameters.
  • Precloacal supplement absent
  
Ref: Zograf et al., 2015; Shimada and Kakuf, 2019.
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:


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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes, benthic and deep-sea habitats.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Crenopharynx

 

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Life Cycle:

 
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Management:

 
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References:

Shimada, D., Kakuf, K. 2019. Two new and one known species of Phanodermatidae (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Zootaxa 4608:484-500.

Zograf, J.K., Trebukhova, Y.A., Pavlyuk, O.N. 2015. Description of new species of Micoletzkyia (Enoplida, Phanodermatidae) with key to genera of family Phanodermatidae and pictorial key to Phanodermopsis species. Zootaxa 4032:277-289.

 

 

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Revised: May 07, 2025.