Protodorylaimus

Protodorylaimus	Contents	Rev 05/27/2023
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Prodorylaiminae

Protodorylaimus Andrassy 1988

Type species of the genus: Protodorylaimus dalmassoi (Loof, 1985) Andrassy 1988

Morphology and Anatomy:

Medium to large-sized nematodes.
Body exceedingly slender (a = 64—81).
Lip region continuous with body contour.
Odontostyle short and weak; guiding ring single.
Pre-rectum in both sexes extremely long (15—25 anal body widths).
Female gonads paired.; Vulva longitudinal.
Male with numerous supplements, contiguous.

Ref: Vinciguerra (2006); Andrassy (2009)

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

France, Spain, Kazakstan.; type species: P. dalmassoi (Loof, 1985) Andrassy, 1988 recorded from France and Spain; other species: P. kazakhstanicus (Sagitov, 1973) Andrassy, 1988 reported from Kazakhstan.

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Feeding:

Categorized as an omnivore (Yeates et al., 1993).

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Biology and Ecology:

Species are reported from soil and frewshwater habitats.

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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.

Vinciguerra, M.T. 2006. Dorylaimida Part II: Superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Pp 392-467 in Eyualem-Abebe, W. Traunspurger and I AndrÃƒÂ¡ssy (eds) Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy. CABI, Cambridge MA.

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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