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

Type species of the genus: Hadronchus bisexualis Mulvey & Jensen, 1967

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Labial region well set off from body,
• Buccal cavity barrel shaped, longer than wide. Dorsal tooth in anterior half of cavity, apex directed anteriorly and opposed by two longitudinal rows of either small or
  large denticles on the subventral wall.
• Esophago-intestinal junction tuberculate.
• Tails conoid, ventrally arcuate without caudal glands and terminal duct.
  

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Distribution:

Moist soil, freshwater environments.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Hadronchus

  A specialist predator of other nematodes.   

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Regulation of opportunistic species

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Management:

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References:

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.