Miconchus		Contents		Rev 06/10/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Miconchus Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Type species of the genus: Miconchus digiturus (Cobb, 1893) Andrassy, 1958

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Stoma large, barrel-shaped, 1 dorsal and 2 subventral teeth of similar size, either at base or in posterior of stoma.. No other denticles or ridges.
• Esophago-intestinal valve tuberculate.
• Tail usually conoid in both sexes, occasionally filiform
• Caudal glands and spinneret present or absent,

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Distribution:

Species reported throughout the world. Moist soil, freshwater environments.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Miconchus

  Specialist predators of other nematodes.   

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

Sexually reproducing in species with males present

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Regulation of opportunistic species through predation.

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary Vol. 3. Hungarian Nat. History Museum, Budapest

Andrassy, I. 1958. Uber das System der Mononschiden (Nononcgidae Chitwood, 1937; Nematoda).  Ann. Hisat-Nat, Musei Nationalis Hungarica 50:153-169.

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.

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Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 10, 2025.