Makatinus

 

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

Enoplea
                       Aporcelaimidae

Makatinus Heyns, 1965

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref. Andrassy, 2009; Pena-Santiago and Varela, 2017; Varela et al., 2017.

 
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Distribution:

Occurs worldwide but infrequently.

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Feeding:

  Categorized as predators and omnivores by Yeates et al., 2009.  
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Life Cycle:

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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 III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Pena-Santiago,R.,  Ingrid Varela. 2017. Taxonomy and Systematics of the Genus Makatinus Heyns, 1965 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae). J. Nematology 49:245-253.

Varela, I., Abolafia, J., Pena-Santiago, R. 2017. On the identity of two close species of the genus Makatinus Heyns, 1965 (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae) from tropical America, with a proposal for their synonymy. Nematology 19:567-573

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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