Metamphidelus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
     Enoplia
        Enoplida
              Alaimina
                    Amphidelidae

            Metamphidelus Clausi & Vinciguerra, 1995

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Body slender

  • Cuticle smooth

  • Mouth cavity inconspicuous

  • Two circles of six sensorial pits and a circle of four sensorial pits, conforming to the 6-6-4 arrangement of cephalic sensory structures of many nematodes.

  • Amphids 2.5-4.5 head diameters from anterior end, with small openings.

  • Esophagus short, enlarging at a point beyond 80% of its length.

  • Tail long and slender.

Female:

  • Didelphic with relatively short gonads, vulva a transverse slit with open lips.

Male:

  • Monorchic, spicules difficult to see.

  • Two mid-ventral preanal papillae.

Ref: Clausi and Vinciguerra, 1995.

 

  
 
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Bacterivores

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References:

Andrássy, I. 2009.  Free-living nematodes of Hungary, III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum.

Clausi, M. Vinciguerra, M. 1995. Description of Metamphidelus gen. n. and Metamphidelus gen. n.(Alaimidae: Nematoda). Nematologia Mediterranea 23:15-27.

 

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 21, 2021.