Opisthodorylaimus

Opisthodorylaimus	Contents	Rev 05/09/2023
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Thornenematidae

Thornenematinae

Opisthodorylaimus Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1982

Type species of the genus: Opisthodorylaimus maqsoodi Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1982

Females:
Body length 0.7-2.3 mm.
Cuticle smooth to finely striated.
Odontostyle short and thick.
Esophagus expension strating at or beyond 50% of esophagus length.
Monovarial, opisthodelphic.
Tail attenuated to filiform.

Males:
Five to 11 supplements.
Tail short and conoid-rounded.

Note sexual dimorphism in tail shape.

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Distribution:

Soil or wet habitats.

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Feeding:

Categorized as omnivores (Yeates et al., 1993).

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Life Cycle:

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References:

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

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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