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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Enoplina

                Enoploidea

                     Phanodermatidae

Phanodermatinae

Phanoderma  Bastian, 1865

Type species of the genus:: Phanoderma cocksi Bastian, 1865

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Morphology and Anatomy:

The genus Phanoderma differs from the other genera  in the Phanodermatidae in having:

•  an attenuated head,
• well-developed pharyngeal capsule and cephalic capsule,
• tubular precloacal supplement

Ref: Smol et al. 2013; Zograf et al. 2015; Lee and Rho, 2019

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes,

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Feeding:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Lee, H.Y. and Rho, H.S. 2019. A new free-living marine nematode species of the genus Phanoderma Bastian, 1865 (Enoplida: Phanodermatidae) from the East Sea, Korea  Korean J. Envir. Biol. 37:396-405.

Smol N, A Muthumbi and J Sharma. 2013. Handbook of zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. 7.3 Order Enoplida. Walter De Gruyter. pp. 193-246.

Zograf JK, AT Yulia and NP Olga. 2015. Description of new species of Phanodrmopsis (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: March 04, 2025.