Aporcelaimoides

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Aporcelaimoides Heyns, 1965

Refer to the subfamily Sectonematinae for a discussion of the placement of this subfamily in the Aporcelaimidae rather than the Nygolaimidae.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Slender to very slender nematodes (a = 23Ã¢â‚¬â€œ75), medium to large size, 1.95Ã¢â‚¬â€œ5.66 mm long.
Cuticle three-layered, especially obvious at caudal region, with the intermediate layer more refringent and thicker than the outer and the inner ones.
Oral aperture a dorso-ventral, nearly hexagonal slit.
Lip region offset by a distinct constriction or a depression.
Mural tooth attached subventrally, short and with aperture often occupying more than one-half its length.
Guiding ring simple and plicate.
Odontophore rod-like.
Esophagus enlarging gradually, with basal expansion occupying around 0.6 of total length.
Tail similar in both sexes, short, rounded conoid, rounded or truncate.

Female:

Female genital system didelphic-amphidelphic; pars refringens vaginae present or absent;
Vulva a transverse slit.

Ref: Alvarez-Ortega et al (2015).

Males:

Spicules dorylaimoid, well developed.
Ventromedian supplements fewr (0Ã¢â‚¬â€œ4), widely separated.

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Aporcelaimoides

Categorized as predators and omnivores by Yeates et al., 1993

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

ÃƒÂlvarez-Ortega, S., T.A.D Nguyen, J. Abolafia, T.T.T. Vu, R. PeÃƒÂ±a-Santiago.2015. Three new species of the genus Aporcelaimoides Heyns, 1965 from Vietnam (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae), with an updated taxonomy of the genus. Zookeys, 516:1-26

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

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