Paratimminema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
       Dorylaimida
Thornenematidae
Willinematinae

Paratimminema Rahaman, Ahmad & Khan, 1993

Type species of the genus: Paratimminema brevibulbum Rahaman, Ahmad & Khan, 1993
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Morphology and Anatomy:

The genus was established by Rahaman et al when they found specimens that matched the description of Timminema, Khan, 1977, which is somewhat vague and for which comparative type specimens do not exist.

  • Very small nematodes (0.4-0.6 mm)
  • Head narrower than adjacent body
  • Labial framework and collaret sclerotized
  • Cylindrus around 33% of esophagus length
  • Tail short and rounded

Female:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic
  • Vulva postequatorial

Male:

  • unknown
  
Reference: Andrássy, 2009

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

Soil nematodes reported from India and Africa.

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Feeding:

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

   
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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

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

Pena-Santiago, R. 2021. Dorylaimida Mundi (Nematoda); checklist of genera and species, with their records. UJA Editorial. 957p.

Rahaman, P.H., Ahmad, W., Khan, Z. 1993. Description of Paratimminema brevibulbum n. gen, n.sp. and Roqueus indicus n.sp.  (Doryleimidae: Thornenematidae) from Adamans, India. Nematologica 39:476-485

 

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