Amblydorylaimus

Amblydorylaimus	Contents	Rev 06/26/2023
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Aporcelaimidae

Aporcelaiminae

Amblydorylaimus Andrassy, 1998

Based on close relationships with genus Aporcelaimellus, Elshishka et al (2015) moved the genus Amblydorylaimus from family Qudsianematidae to family Aporcelaimidae.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body length 2.9-3.5mm
Cuticle smooth
Labial region offset
Amphids with posterior pocket region.
Odontostyle weeakly sclerotized with anterior conus and posterior widening shaft
Tail short, conoid-rounded, bent ventrally

Ref. Andrássy, 2009.

Female:

didelphic amphidelphic, short ovaries

Males:

Numerous well-spaced ventromedian supplements
Sperm globular

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

Distribution:

Type and only species. Amblydorylaimus isokaryon (Loof, 1975) Andrassy, 1998 is recorded from western Antarctica.

Feeding:

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

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

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

Elshishka, M., Lazarova, S., Radoslavov, G., Hristov, P. and Peneva, V. 2015. New data on two remarkable Antarctic species Amblydorylaimus isokaryon (Loof, 1975) Andrï¿½ssy, 1998 and Pararhyssocolpus paradoxus (Loof, 1975), gen. n., comb. n. (Nematoda, Dorylaimida). Zookeys 2015:25-68

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

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.