Chrysonema holsaticum

Chrysonema holsaticum	Contents	Rev 04/11/2023
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Chrysonematidae

Chrysonematinae

Chrysonema holsaticum (Schneider, 1925) Andrassy, 1990

Synonyms:

Dorylaimus holsaticus Schneider, 1925

Eudorylaimus holsaticus (Schneider, 1925) Andrassy, 1959

Chrysonemoides holsaticus (Schneider, 1925) Siddiqi, 1969

Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle smooth to finely striated, thin
Lip region continuous with body contour.
Odontostyle thin, slightly longer that lip width, small aperture.
Thin guiding ring.
Esophagus expending just before middle.
Tail elongate conoid; c' = 6-8, curved ventrally; similar in both sexes.

Ref: Andrássy, 2009

Female:
Female diovarial, amphidelphic.
Vulva trnsverse; vulval lips not sclerotized.

Males:
Male with 6 very small, well-spaced supplements.
Tail short and rounded in males.

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Feeding:

Categorized as predators and omnivores by Yeates et al., 1993

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Ahmasd, W. Shaheen, A. 2005. A new and known species of the genus Chrysonema Thorne, 2005. (Nematoda, Dorylaimida) from Costa Rica. Nematol. Medit. 33:55-60.

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

Siddiqi, M.R. 1969. Crateronema n. gen. (Crateronematidae n. fam.), Poronemella n. gen. (Lordellonematinae n. sub-fam.) and Chrysonemoides n. gen. (Chrysonematidae n. fam. ), With a Revised Classification of Dorylaimoidea (Nematoda). Nematology 15:81-100.

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