Salimella		Contents		Rev 05/21/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Salimella Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Type species of the genus: Salimella salva Siddiqi, 2005

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length about 1 mm
• Cuticle with transverse striations, distinct lateral glands and pores.
• Head offset, expanded
• Odontostyle short
• Esophagus cylindrus surrounded by a sheath of spiral muscles
• Female didelphic, amphidelpic
• Vulva transverse.
• Tail short, conoid with rounded. tip
• Male unknown

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

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Distribution:

Type species decribed from Colombia, South America

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Salimella

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Biology and Ecology:

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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.

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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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 21, 2025.