Nevadanema uniforme

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
      Dorylaimia
        Dorylaimida
Dorylaimidae
  Labronematinae

Nevadanema uniforme (Thorne, 1939) Alvarez-Ortega & Pena-Santiago, 2012

Synonyms:

Labronema uniforme Thorne, 1939

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Note: Lip region and odontostyle morphology very similar to that of Nevadanema nevadense and quite different from those of the genus Labronema.

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Female:
  • Genital system didelphic-amphidelphic, with both branches equally developed.
  •  Vulva a post-equatorial, transverse slit.
Males:  Unknown.

Ref: adapted from Alvarez-Ortega and Pena-Santiago, 2012

 

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

 

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Distribution:

Known from three localities in North America: the shore of Lake Mary near to Brighton, Utah, where it was associated with sod at an elevation of ca 2740 m a.s.l.; Blacks Fork, Summit County, Utah, USA, in wet soil in a a mountain park; and Wrangell, AK, USA, in soil about grass and weeds.

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Feeding:

  Labronema and other Labronematinae designated omnivore-predator by Yeates et al (1993). 

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Biology and Ecology:

   
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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Alvarez-Ortega, S., Pena-Santiago, R. 2012. Nematodes of the order Dorylaimida from Andalucia Oriental, Spain. Nevadanema uniforme gen. n., sp. n. (Qudsianematidae) from Sierra Nevada National Park. Nematology 14:249-264.

Thorne, G. 1939. A monograph of the nematodes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Capita Zoologica 8, 1-261.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 02, 2020.