Akrotonus vigor

  

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
      Dorylaimida
                        Aporcelaimidae
Aporcelaiminae

Akrotonus vigor Thorne, 1974

Type species of the genus.

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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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Biology and Ecology:
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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Regulation of opportunistic species.

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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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Revised: February 14, 2023.