Metaphanoderma

Metaphanoderma	Contents	Rev: 12/02/2024
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Classification:

Enoplea
Enoplia Enoplida
Enoplina
Enoploidea
Phanodermatidae: Phanodermatinae

Metaphanoderma Platonova, 1984

Type species: Metaphanoderma

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Morphology and Anatomy:

The genus Metaphanoderma differs from the other genera in the subfamily Phanodermatinae in having:

a well-developed cephalic capsule with three cuticular extensions,walls uniformly thick with deep grooves on four long lobes at posterior part, lateral lobes longer than dorsal lobes.
Amphid ssituated above lateral grooves
Cephalic setae in lateral lobe aperture of head capsule
Pigmented eye spots present or absent

.Ref: Platonova,1984; Fadeeva et al., 2015.

Male:

Ref: Fadeeva et al., 2015

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes,

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Feeding:

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Fadeeva, N., Mordukhovich, V., Zograf, J. 2015. New deep-sea large free-living nematodes from macrobenthos in the Kurilâ€“Kamchatka Trench (the North-Western Pacific). Deep Sea Research II 3:95-103.