Tobrilia		Contents		Rev: 08/17/2020
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia

        Enoplida

            Tripylina

                 Tripyloidea

                    Tripylidae

Tobrilia  Andrassy, 1967

    Synonyms:

Type species Tobrilia imberbis (Andrassy, 1953) Andrassy, 1967.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Within the Tripylidae, Tobrilia and Abunema have some characters that seem to separate them from the other genera and various authors have proposed their removal from the family.  However, since alternative families have not been suggested, Zullini (2006) elected to retain these genera in the Tripylidae.

• Body length < 1mm

• Cuticle thin, smooth or finely striated.

• Cephalic sensilla papilliform

• Amphid aperture oval; close to level of stoms

• Stoma a narrow funnel with 3 teeth.

• Cardia flat and glandular.

• Tail tapering unifirmly; length 7-15x anal body diameter.

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Regulation of opportunistic species through predation.

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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.

• Brzeski, M.W. 1963. Nematode genera of the family Tripylidae (Nematoda, Enoplida). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 8: 295-308.

• Holovachov,O.  and Shoshin, A. 2013. Order Triplonchida Cobb, 1919. Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda.

• 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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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 17, 2020.