Arctidorylaimus

Arctidorylaimus	Contents	Rev 02/21/2023
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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	Distribution	Management
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Qudsianematidae

Arctidorylaiminae

Arctidorylaimus Mulvey & Anderson, 1979

Type species of the genus: Arctidorylaimus arcticus Mulvey & Anderson, 1979

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Males:

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

Distribution:

Freshwater nematodes, benthic environments.

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Mulvey, R.H and Andrson, R.V. 1979. Benthic species of Dorylaimus Dujardin 1845 (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae) and Arctidorylaimus n.gen. (Arctidorylaimidae n.fam.) from the Mackenzie and Porcupine river systems, Northwest Territories, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 157:743-755.

Pena-Santiago, R. and S. Alvarez-Ortega. 2014. An integrative approach to assess the phylogeny and the systematics of rounded-tailed genera of the subfamily Qudsianematinae (Nematoda, Dorylaimida). Zoologica Scripta 43:418-428.

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.