Mylonchulus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
        Mononchida

Mylonchulidae   

Mylonchulus Cobb, 1916

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Body length 0.5-3.2 mm.
  • Buccal cavity goblet to funnel shape, tapering posteriorly; armed with a large mural tooth on the dorsal side and transverse rows of denticles on the ventral side.
  • Tail similar in both sexes, varying from rounded to elongatwe in different species. bearing a terminal to subterminal spiineret.


Female:  

  • amphidelphic or preodelphic

Males:  

  • Occur frequently
  • Short spicules
  • Ventromenian supplements: 6-16 pairs.

    Ref: Andrassy (2009)


Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
Photomicrographs and comparative schematic drawings of buccal cavities of genera of Mononchida
   
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Distribution:

Mainly moist, terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Reported world-wide.

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Feeding:

 Predator. Prey cuticle penetrated and disrupted by the mural tooth and rasp-like denticles (Bilgarmi, 2008)..   

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Biology and Ecology:

 Attach to substrates with spinneret, allowing whip-like motions of body, .

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Life Cycle:

Probably sexually reproducing when males present

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Regulation of opportunistic taxa.

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Management:

 

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References:

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

Bilgrami, A.L. 2008. Biocontrol potentials of predatory nematodes. Chapter 1 in Ciancio, A. and Mukerji, K.G. (eds).Integrated Management and Biocontrol of Vegetable and Grain Crops Nematodes pp3-28.

Jairajpuri, M.S. 1969. Studies on Mononchida of India. I. The genera Hadronchus, Iotonchus and Miconchus and a revised classification of Mononchida, new order. Nematologica 15:557-581.

Jairajpuri, M.S. 1970. Studies on Mononchida of India. III. The genus Mylonchulus (Family Mylonchulidae Jairajpuri, 1969). Nematologica 16:434-456.. Nematologica 15:557-581.

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 23, 2021.