Prodorylaimium goaense		Contents		Rev 02/22/2024
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Classification:

Apparently described from two females and a single male.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

• Body ventrally curved upon fixation, tapering slightly anterior to base of oesophagus, posteriorly ending into a very long filiform tail.

• Cuticle finely striated.

• Lateral hypodermal chords about one fourth of body width at mid-body.

• Lateral, dorsal and ventral body pores indistinct.

• Lip region narrower than adjoining body, demarcated by a slight depression, 11-12 um or less than one-third of body width wide.

• Lips amalgamated, anterior sensilla not protruding above lip contour.

• Amphid cup-shaped, aperture 6-9 um wide.

• Odontostyle long and wide, 2.2-2.3 lip region widths long with aperture about one-third of its length.

• Guiding ring single, at 1.4-1.5 lip region widths from anterior end.

• Odontophore rod-like 0.6-0.7 of odontostyle length.

• Nerve ring at 122-130 um from anterior end of body.

• Basal expanded portion of oesophagus occupying 42-45% of total oesophageal length.

• Cardia elongate conoid, 28-29 um long.

• Reproductive system amphidelphic, vulva longitudinal, vagina about half of corresponding body width long. O

• Prerectum 2.1-2.6 anal body widths long. Rectum 1.4-1.6 anal body widths long.

• Tail very long, filiform, 18-26 anal body widths long with two caudal pores on each side.

 Male::

• Testes two, opposed, sperm not developed.

• Supplements an adanal pair and eight closely spaced ventro-medians, the latter beginning well above 'range of spicules.

• Spicules 1.2 anal body widths long.

• Prerectum about two anal body widths long, terminating within range of supplements.

• Tail exceptionally long, filiform, 18 anal body widths long. Caudal pores indistinct.

Ref: Ahmad andf Jairajpuri, 1984

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

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Distribution:

Collected from soi1 around roots of coconut from near Mayeem lake, Becholim, Goa, India. 

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Feeding:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Ahmad, W. and Jairajpuri, M.S. 1984. Two new species of Dorylaimoidea (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from Goa, India. Revue de Nematologie 7:393-397

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, III (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 608p.

Bongers, T. 1988. De Nematoden van Nederland, Pirola, Schoorl. Utrecht. 408p.

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Revised: February 22, 2024.