Aquatides aquaticus

Aquatides aquaticus	Contents	Rev 02/21/2024
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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	Distribution	Management
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Nygolaimina

Nygolaimoidea

Nygolaimidae

Aquatides aquaticus (Thorne, 1930) Heyns, 1968

Type species of the genus

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body long and slender
Cuticle smooth with subcuticle finely stiated
Lip region truncated, slightly asymmetrical but not offset from body contour
Stomal tube about 3x lip width with a linear, slender tooth which is about as long as lip width
Esophagus long and cylindrical, cardia at esophago-intestinal junction
Tail convex-conoid, bluntly rounded

Female:

Diovarial, didelphic

Male:

Well-developed gubernaculum
5 or 6 supplements

(Andrassy, 2009)

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Distribution:

Predominantly in freshwater habitats. May occur in wet soil.

Feeding:

Classified as predators (Yeates et al., 1993)

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Predatory regulation of opportunistic species.

References:

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

Bilgrami, A.L., Pervez, R., Yoshiga, T., Kondo, E. 2001. Attraction and aggregation behaviour of predatory nematodes, Mesodorylaimus bastiani and Aquatides aquaticus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida). Applied Entomology and Zoology 36:243-249.

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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