Kunjudorylaimus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
     Dorylaimida
Dorylaimidae
Amphidorylaiminae

Kunjudorylaimus Dhanam & Jairajpuri, 2000

Type species of the genus: Kunjudorylaimus kunjui Dhanam & Jairajpuri, 2000

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Very slender nematodes around 1.7-2.3 mm long.
  • Head narrowly rounded, continuous with body contour.
  • Amphid fovea bilobed
  • Odontostyle slender; guiding ring thin..
  • Tail filiform in both sexes, abdout 20x anal body diameter.

Female:

  • Genital system amphidelphic.
  • Vulva transverse
  

Male:

  • Diorchic
  • 8-13 ventromedian supplements, weakly developed.

 

  
   
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References:

Dhanam, M. and M.S. Jairajpuri, 2000. Two new species of a new genus, Kunjudorylaimus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from Karnataka, India. Annales Zoologici 50: 205-209.

 

 

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