Rev 11/19/2019
Dorylaimus Dujardin, 1845
Taxonomic Note: The genus Dorylaimus, erected by Dujardin in 1845, is the longest-described genus of the Dorylaimoidea. Many species that are now classified in other genera of the Dorylaimida were originally assigned to this genus (Vinciguerra et al., 2016).
Ref: Andrássy, 2009.
Freshwater habitats and wet terrestrial environments.
Categorized as omnivores (Yeates et al., 1993).
Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.
Dujardin, F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des Helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Paris, France, Librairie Encyclop�dique de Roret.
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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