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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
                Mononchida

Mylonchulidae   

Actus  Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1974

Type species of the genus: Actus salvadoricus  Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1974

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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 Female:  
 
Males:  
Absent in most species described up tp 2019
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:

A relatively uncommon but widely-distributed (Fiji, Japan, El Salvador...) genus of predaceous nematodes.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Actus

 

  A specialist predator of other nematodes.   

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Biology and Ecology:
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Life Cycle:

 
For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Baqri, S.Z., Jairajpuri, M.S. 1974. Studies on Mononchida. V. The mononchs of El Salvador with descriptions of two new genera, Actus and Paracrassibucca. Nematologica 19: 326-333.

Jana, T., Ghosh, G., Chatterjee, A. 2010. Actus shamimi n. sp. (Nematoda: Mononchida) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, with a key to the species of Actus Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1974. Nematology 12:343-348.

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Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: April 15, 2025.