Akrotonus

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
                        Aporcelaimidae
Aporcelaiminae

Akrotonus Thorne, 1974

Type species of the genus: Akrotonus vigor.
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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Type species Akrotonus vigor described from soil samples the Great Plains of USA; reported from South Dakota USA

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Feeding:

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

 
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Life Cycle:

 

 

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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. 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

 

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