Phanodermopsis

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Enoplina
                Enoploidea
                     Phanodermatidae
Crenopharynginae

Phanodermopsis  Ditlevsen, 1926

Type species: Phanodermopsis groenlandica Ditlevsen, 1926  syn. Galeonema citronicauda Filipjev, 1927

    Synonyms:

Galeonema  Filipjev, 1927

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  •  Head attenuated; pharyngeal capsule simple, elongate, thin-walled, with short outgrowths at the anterior end, cephalic capsule weakly developed
  • Lips not developed; buccal cavity simple
  • Outer labial and cephalic setae in two separate circles..
  • Esophagus simple, elongate, thin-walled, with small outgrowths at the anterior end.
  • Ocelli absent.

Male:

  • Spicules shorte than 2x cloacal body diameter, paired, slightly curved.
  • Gubernaculum without apophysis.
  • Precloacal supplement absent.
  • Five caudal caudal glands.
 
Ref: Zograf et al., 2015; Shimada and Kakuf, 2019.; Smole et al., 2014
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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 Phanodermopsis

 

 

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Life Cycle:

 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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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.

Smol N, A Muthumbi and J Sharma. 2014. Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. 7.3 Order Enoplida. Walter De Gruyter. pp. 193-246.

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

 

 

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 13, 2026.