Ecumenicus monohystera

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
      Dorylaimia
        Dorylaimida
Qudsianematidae

Ecumenicus monohystera (De Man, 1880) Andrassy, 1959

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Ecumenicus monohystera female

Drawing from De Bruin and Heyns, 1992

 Female:

Body length around 1 mm.

Head slightly offset from body contour
Odontostyle simple, length about equal to labial diameter.
Vulva a transverse slit in anterior half of body.
Female gonad monovarial, opisthodelphic.
Tail short, conoid.

Ref: Andrassy (2009); De Bruin and Heyns (1992).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Males:   Males are rare.

 

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

 
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Distribution:

Reported from Netherlands, South Africa, Botswana..

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Feeding:
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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Additional Information and Resources

University of Nebraska Nematode Website (Developed by Dr. Tom Powers and colleagues)

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References:

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

De Bruin, S., Heyns, J. 1992. Dorylaimida (Nematoda) from Botswana. South African Jouirnal of Zoology 27:156-172.

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: April 04, 2023.