Rhinodorylaimus

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimidae
Mesodorylaiminae

Rhinodorylaimus Ahmad, Baniyamuddin & Tauheed, 2010

 Type species of genus:  Rhinodorylaimus kazirangus Ahmad, Baniyamuddin & Tauheed, 2010

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Medium sized nematodes.
  • Lip region elevated, truncate, offset by slight depression.
  • Amphids with stirrup-shaped fovea.
  • Anterior region of vestibule distinctly thickened.
  • Odontostyle strongly sclerotised, massive with prominently furcate base. Guiding ring ‘double’.
  •  Odontophore simple, rod-like, with slightly thickened base.
  • Esophageal expansion gradual, dorsal esophageal gland nucleus small, nucleolus almost at level of or slightly posterior to level of its orifice, first pair of subventral gland nuclei at some distance from each other, nucleus of second gland of first pair exceptionally large; second pair of subventral gland nuclei normal.
  • Cardia conoid.

Female:

  • Genital system amphidelphic.
  • Uterus with median muscular part containing Z-differentiation. Pars refringens vaginae absent.
  • Vulva circular or porelike. 
  • Tail long filiform in female
 

Male:

  • Slender, slightly arcuate spicules
  • Numerous, contiguous ventromedian supplements
  • Tail and short conoid in male.

Ref: Ahmad et al., 2010

 
   
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Distribution:

The type speciesof the genus, Rhinodorylaimus kazirangus, is named for Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, where it was discovered.

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References:

Ahmad, W., Baniyamuddin, M.D., and Tauheed, U. 2010. Rhinodorylaimus kazirangus gen. n., sp. n. (Dorylaimida: Dorylaimidae) from Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. Nematology 12:149-155.

 

 

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