Alaimus primitivus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Alaimina
                 Alaimoidea
                    Alaimidae

Alaimus primitivus de Man, 1880

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

 
  • Head rounded, not offset
  • Mouth absent or inconspicuous
  • Amphid apertures minut, porelike, about 8-10 head widths posterior to lip region
  • Esophagus gradually widening throughout its length
  • Body slender and relatively long, 1 - 1.4 mm, very slender
  • Tail elongate-conoid to terminal point, curved vantrally

Female:

  • Opitshodelphic, monodelphis, no anterior uterine sac
  • Eggs elongate and very slender


Male:

  • Spicules as long as cloacal body diameter
  • 4-6 supplenments, ventral position

 

 

   
   

 

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Distribution:

Common in terrestrial and freshwater inhabitants worldwide.

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Feeding:

 
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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

 
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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, III (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 608p.

Bongers, T. 1988. De Nematoden van Nederland, Pirola, Schoorl. Utrecht. 408p

 

 

 
 
Copyright   1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: April 04, 2023.