Crateronema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
      Dorylaimida
Crateronematidae

Crateronema Siddiqi, 1969

Type species of the genus: Crateronema aestivum Siddiqi, 1969

Synonyms

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Siddiqi, 1969

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Female:  

 

Males:  

Three ventro-median supplements, an adanal pair and a caudal pair.

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Aquatic and semi-aquatic environments.

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Feeding:

    Categorized as omnivores by Yeates et al., 1993 

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

 

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References:

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

 

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: March 14, 2023.