Tubixaba		Contents		Rev 06/02/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Large nematodes, body length 2-12 mm
• Cuticle thick with criss-cross striations
• Body pores present
• Lip region offset from body contour by a constriction
• Lips: lateral lips stronger than submedians
• Amphid apertur about 1/2 lip width
• Odontostyle short, about lip width, with aperture about 1/3 its length
• Tail conopid-rounded in both sexes

 Ref: Andrassy, 2009; Nell and Heyns, 1987

Male:

• Spicules slender
• Ventromedian supplements 8-13

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Distribution:

Soil nematodes with species describewd from South Africa, Botswana, Europe and Brazil.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Tubixaba

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Predation and 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.

Monteriro, A,R. and Lordello, L.G.E. 1980. Tubixaba tuxaua n.g., n.sp., a suspected parasitic nematode of soybean roots (Aporcelaimidae). Revistas de Agricultura, Sao Paulo 55:3012-304.

Nell, N., Heyns, J. 1987. A new speciies of Tubixaba Montero & Lordello from Botswana (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) Phytophylactica 19: 433-436.

Pretorius, E. M., Kruger, J. C. de W. and Heyns, J., 1987.A new species of Tubixaba Monteiro & Lordello, 1980 (Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae) with emendation of the genus. Koedoe 30: 41-47

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