Cerviconema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
  Dorylaimida

Belondiroidea

Paraxonchiidae

Paraxonchiinae

Cerviconema Andrassy, 2009

The type species of the genus is Cerviconema. cygneum Andrassy, 2009

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

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  • Body moderately long, extremely tapered in anterior region and curved in posterior half.
  • Cuticle smooth.
  • Cephalic region very small, about one-fourth of body width at neck base, slightly offset; lips hardly separated.
  • Amphids caliciform.
  • Odontostyle thin, somewhat longer than labial width, aperture occupying one third of its length.
  • Eesophagus enlargemrnt starting at 60-65% of esophagus length
  • Esophago-intestinal junction with a disc-like structure og 3 cells.
  • Prerectum short.
  • Tail short, conoid, ventrally curved.

 Female:

  • Didelphic-amphidelphic.
  • Vulva transverse, sclerotized.

Male:

  • not known

Ref. Andrassy, 2009
 


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Distribution:

Type species described from a sphagnum bog at high altitude in Bolivia.

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Cerviconema cygneum and Papuadorus amplus, two new genera and species (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from high altitude regions. Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 40:3-8. 

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