Rev 01/29/2024
Prodorylaimus Andrassy 1959
Often found in freshwater and moist habitats.
Categorized as omnivores (Yeates et al., 1993).
Omnivores or generalist predators; regulation of prey species.
Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.
Loof, P.A.A. 1996. Dichotomous and polytomous identification keys for females of the genera Prodorylaimus Andrassy, 1959 and Laimydorus Siddiqi, 1969 (Nematoda: Dorylaimoidea). Russian J. Nematology 4:7-28.
Vinciguerra, M.T., Eskandari, A., Clausi, M., Asghari, R., Rappazzo, G. 2016. Description and molecular characterisation of two new species of Dorylaimidae (Dorylaimida: Nematoda) from Iran, with a compendium of all the nominal species of Dorylaimus Dujardin, 1845. Nematology 18:293-310.
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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