Caviputa macer

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Alaimina
                 Alaimoidea
                    Amphidelidae

Caviputa macer (Andrassy, 1958( Andrassy, 2002

    Synonyms:

  Originally described by Andrassy (1958) as Alaimus macer but moved to Amphidlidae based on didelphic condition of females and visible, though small,  labial papillae.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

 
  • Head rounded, not offset
  • Body very slender
  • Cuticle smooth and thin
  • Amphid apertures inconspicuous
  • Esophagus only widening in posterior 10% of length
  • Body very slender and relatively long, 1 - 1.4 mm, but shorter trhan most other species of the genus
  • Tail elongate-conoid to terminal point, curved vantrally

Female:

  • Amphidelphic, didelphis
  • Vulval lips not sclerotized


Male:

  • Unknown

 

 

   
   

 

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 
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Distribution:

Reported from soil in various locations in Europe.

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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: February 21, 2024.