Bathylaimus

 

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Rev: 08/30/2026

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Classification:

Enoplea
   Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Tripyloidina
Tripyloidoidea
                Tripyloididae

Bathylaimus Cobb, 1894

Type species of the genus: Bathylaimus australis Cobb, 1894

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General characteristics of the genus:

Males:  

  • Gubernaculum large

Females:

  • Didelphic
  • Vulva at mid-body

Ref: Smol et al., 2014; Huang and Guo, 2022
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Mostly marine species, some occur in brackish water: B. capacosus Hopper, 1962 and B. longisetosus (Allg�n, 1929) Jensen, 1979 occur in brackish water in Finland.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Bathylaimus

 

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Life Cycle:

 
For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

 
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References:

Andrassy, I. 2007. Free-living nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda, Errantia), II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 496 pp.

Cesaroni, L. Guidi, L., Balsamo, M., Semprucci, F. 2017. Scanning electron microscopy in the taxonomical study of free-living marine nematodes. Microscopie 28:6970

Huang, Y. and Guo, Y. 2022. Free-living Marine Nematodes from the East China Sea, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3836-7_10

Smol, N., Muthumbi, A., Sharma, J. 2014. Order Enoplida, 7.3. In Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed) Handbook of Zoology. De Gruyter, Berlin

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331

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Revised by Howard Ferris: August 30, 2026.