Trileptium

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Enoplina
                Enoploidea
                    Thoracostomopsidae

Trileptium  Cobb, 1933

Type species. Trileptium guttatum (Cobb, 1920).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Vilas-Boas et al., 2015

   
 
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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Feeding:

May be predator species

 

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Predators; regulation of opportunistic species.

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References:

 

Vilas-Boas, A.C., da Silva, M.C., de Souza Alves, O.F., de Castro, F.J.V., Pinheiro-Junior, E.P. 2015. A new species of Trileptium (Nematoda: Thoracostomopsidae) from Bahia, Brazil. Zoologia 33(1): e20150043 | DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20150043

 

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Revised: February 22, 2024.