Calodorylaimus		Contents		Rev 04/28/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Calodorylaimus Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body large.
• Lip region continuous or offset
• Odontostyle long and slender; guiding ring thin
• Esophageal expansion at or behind mid-length
• Prerectum long

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Distribution:

Occur in freshwater habitats including rice paddies.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Calodorylaimus

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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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.

Vinciguerra, M.T. 2006. Dorylaimida Part II. Superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Chapter 15 in Eyualem Abebe, I. Andrássy, W. Traunspurger (eds) Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy.

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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