Aporcedorus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
      Dorylaimida
                        Aporcelaimidae
Aporcedorinae

Aporcedorus Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1983

Type species of the genus: Aporcedorus filicaudatus Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1983
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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Long, slender nematodes:2.3-3.4 mm
  • Cuticle finely striated
  • Lip region offset; oral aperture dorsoventral
  • Odontostuyle short with long aperture and simple guiding ring.
  • Tail conical, 16-27 x anal body diameter

 

 

Female:  

  • Vulva transverse, not sclerotized

Males:

  • Spicules slender
  • One weak ventromedian supplement
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Two species reported from India

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Feeding:

 Family Aporcelaimidae classified as omnivores by Yeates et al.,(1993).
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Biology and Ecology:
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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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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 (Nematoda Errantia) Vol. 111. Humgarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 508p.

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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