Aetholaimus		Contents		Rev 04/15/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Aetholaimidae Jairajpuri, 1965

• Body length 1.3-1.9 mm.
• Cuticle finely striated
• Labial region discoid
• Stoma actinolaimoid, bowl-shaped anterior vestibule with sclerotized thickenings and a posterior chamber with six sclerotized ribs.
• Spear-like mural tooth.
• Basal section of esophagus covered by a thin sheath.
• Female genital system diovarial, amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed; vulva a transverse slit.
• Males unknown.

Ref: Andrassy, 2009
                
       

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Aetholaimus

 Classified as predators (Yeates et al., 1993).    

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.

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