Aporcelaimus bestiarius

Aporcelaimus bestiarius	Contents	Rev 09/14/2020
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Aporcelaimidae

Aporcelaimus bestiarius Isatullaeva, 1967

Morphology and Anatomy:

Length 4-5 mm.
Cuticle thinner than odontostyle
Odontostyle robust, about 1 lip width long; aperture about 2/3 of its length.
Tail conoid with tip bent slightly dorsally

Males:

Female:

Vulva with sclerotized pieces

Spicules slender
17-24 ventromedian supplements, spaced.

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

Distribution:

Described from Kazakhstan, Germany and Hungary; moist soil and fallen oak leaves.

Feeding:

Categorized as predators and omnivores (Yeates et al., 1993). Nematodes of the genus are reported feeding on other ematodes and on oligochaets.

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Regulation of opportunistic species by predation.

References:

Andrassy, I. 2000. Four large-sized species of the family Aporcelaimidae (Nematoda, Dorylaimida) with proposal of a new genus, Epacrolaimus gen. n. Opuscula Zoologica Budapest 32:3-26.

Andrassy, I. 2001. A taxonomic review of the genera Aporcelaimus Thorne & Swanger, 1936 and Metapoorcelaimus Lordello, 1965 (Nematoda, Aporcelaimidae) Opusc Zool Budapest 33:7-47.

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Isatullaeva, R.I. 1967. New nematode species on the ornamental plants in Kazakhstan. Izvest. Akad. Nauk Kazakh. SSR 2:46-50 (in Russian).

Thorne, G. 1930. Predacious nemas of the genus Nygolaimus and a new genus, Aporcelaimus. Journal of Agricultural Reaearch 41:445-466.

Thorne, G. and Swanger, H.H. 1936. A monograph of the nematode genera Dorylaimus Dujardin, Aporcelaimus n.g., Dorylaimoides n.g. and Pungentus n.g. Capita Zool. 6:1-223.

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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