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:

Cuticle may be smooth or slightly striated.
Three small lips, one dorsal and two subventral.
Cephalic setae are arranged in three circles: six inner labial, six outer labial
and four cephalic (6-6-4 pattern); Males also have a circle with subcephalic setae.
Buccal cavity with one or three teeth of similar sizes, well developed and located near the opening of the cavity. Subventral teeth may be located at the same level or more anterior to the dorsal tooth.
Underdeveloped jaws may or may not be present.
The genus has variable shapes and arrangements of spicules and gubernaculums.
A pre-cloacal supplement may be present or absent in males.

Ref: Vilas-Boas et al., 2015

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Trileptium

May be predator species

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Predators; regulation of opportunistic species.

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

Trileptium

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