Rev 06/10/2025
Mononchidae (or Iotonchidae)
Prionchulellus Mulvey & Jensen, 1967
Type species of the genus: Prionchulellus cavenessi Mulvey & Jensen, 1967
Female:
Male:
Ref: Mulvey, 1978
Moist soil, freshwater environments.
Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Prionchulellus
A specialist predator of other nematodes.
Regulation of opportunistic species through predation
Mulvey, R.H. 1978. Predaceous nematodes of the family Mononchidae from the Mackenzie and Porcupine river systems and Somerset Island, N.W.T., Canada. Can J. Zool. 56: 1847-1868.