Torumanawa		Contents		Rev 06/09/2023
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Torumanawa Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
Return to Dorylaimidae Menu		Feeding		References
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Classification:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length 1.5-2.3 mm
• Cuticle with fine transverse striations
• Head offset from body contour; lips separate
• Odontostyle simple, shorter than labial diameter
• Dorsal and ventral submedian nuclei located very anteriorly in eso
• Cardia with 3 free glandsphageal cylindrus
• Tail short, bluntly rounded in both sexes

Ref: Andrassy, 2009

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Distribution:

Soil dwelling nematodes; type species described from New zealand, another species in Europe.

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Feeding:

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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.

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

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Revised: June 09, 2023.