Paravulvus acuticaudatus

Paravulvus acuticaudatus	Contents	Rev 02/21/2024
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Nygolaimina

Nygolaimoidea

Nygolaimidae

Paravulvus acuticaudatus (Thorne, 1930) Heyns, 1968

Type species of the genus:

Paravulvus acuticaudatus (Thorne, 1930) Heyns, 1968

=Nygolaimus acuticaudatus Thorne, 1930

=Nygolaimus (Paravulvus) acuticaudatus Thorne, 1930

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Male:

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

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.

Heyns, J. 1968. A monographic study of the nematode families Nygolaimidae and Nygolaimellidae. Entomology Memoirs. Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Union of South Africa 1968 No.19 144 pp.

Lazarova, S., Peneva V., Loof, P.A.A. 2002. Paravulvus rhodopensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Nygolaimidae) and three known species from Bulgaria, with notes on the taxonomy of the genus. Nematology 4:505-520.

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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