Rev 02/21/2024
Nygolaimina
Nygolaimoidea
Nygolaimidae
Aquatides thornei (Schneider, 1937) Heyns, 1968
(Andrassy, 2009)
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Classified as predators (Yeates et al., 1993) and predatory behavior of A. thorniei on other nematodes extensively studied (Bilgrami et al., 2001).
Feeding behavior of A. thornei was observed on bacterial-feeding and plant-parasitic nematode prey. Number of predators at feeding sites, duration of feeding and other predation charcteristics differed between A. thornei and Mesodurylaimus bastiani (Bilgrami et al., 2001).
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Predatory regulation of opportunistic species.
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 thornei (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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