Baladorylaimus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
     Dorylaimida
Dorylaimidae
Mesodorylaiminae

Baladorylaimus Andrassy, 2001

Type species of the genus: Baladorylaimus balatonicus Andrassy, 2001

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Morphology and Anatomy:

    Male:

  • Dorylaimoid spicules
  • Large fusiform spermatazoa
  • 6 or 7 spaced ventromedian supplements
  • Tail about 1.5 x cloacal body diameter with rounded peg at tip.

Ref: Andrassy, 2009

Female:

  • Didelphic-amphidelphis
  • Vulva at about 45% of body length, a round to oval slit with sclerotized lips.
  • Female tail. long, filiform about 20% of body length.
   
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Distribution:

.Type species, B. balatonicus is an aquatic nematode described from wet detritus at edge of waterm in Lake Balaton in Hungary.

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Feeding:

 

   
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Life Cycle:

 
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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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Revised: April 11, 2023.