Namaquanema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
     Dorylaimida
Dorylaimidae
Mesodorylaiminae

Namaquanema Heyns & Swart, 1993

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Large nematodes 2.7 to 3.3 mm long
  • Cuticle thick and smooth
  • Lip region continuous with body contour; lips fused
  • Amphids funnel-shaped
  • Odontostyle short and thin; hook-like processes at base of odontostyle
  • Guiding ring double.
  • Basal expansion about 60% of esophagus length

Female:

  • Genital system amphidelphic.
  • Vulva longitudinal, not sclerotized, sunk below body contour
  • Tail short, rounded with a dorsall-curved finngerlike projection.
  Namaquanema hanki: A,B,C head end; D anterior body; E: esophageal expansion; F,G,H: reproductive system and vulva region (from Heyns and Swart, 1993)

Male:

  • Prerectum starting anterior to supplements
  • Supplements 13 to 15, contiguous
  • Tail short, rounded, without projection

Ref: Andressy, 2009; Heyns and Swart, 1993
  Namaquanema hanki: A,B,C female tail; D male tail E spicule guiding piece; F: spicule (from Heyns and Swart, 1993)
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Distribution:

The type species of the genus, Namaquanema hanki, reported and described from soil on the bank of a small stream in north-western South Africa.

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Heyns, J., Swart, A. 1993. Namaquanema hanki n. gen., n. sp. from South Africa (Nematoda : Dorylaimoidea). Fundamental and Applied Nematology 16:171-175.

 

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