Talanema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
D
Dorylaimia
        Dorylaimida
Qudsianematidae

Talanema Andrassy, 1991

    Type species of the genus Talanema mauritiense (Williams, 1959) Andrassy, 1991

 
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Morphology and Anatomy:

    
  • Body length 0.9-1.8 mm
  • Cuticle smooth,
  • Labial region offset
  • Odontostyle length about same as  labial diameter.
  • Tailshort, rounded with subdigitste tip

Female:

  • Females diovarial, amphidelphic
  • Vulva sclerotized

Male:

  • Numerous (15-27) closely-spaced , non-contiguous

Talanema spp differ from Labronema by having a transverse vulva, from Crassolabium by the greater number of supplements and the subdigitate tail.

Ref. Andrassy, 2009
 

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

Soil dwelling nematodes; species reported from Asia, Africa Europe and the Americas.

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Feeding:

 With other Dorylaimidae, categorized as an omnivore (Yeates et al., 1993).   
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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.

Andrassy, I. 1991. The superfamily Dorylaimoidea (Nematoda): a review. Family Qudsianematidae, II. Opuscula Zoologica Budapestensis 24:3-51.

Pena-Santiago, R. and S. Alvarez-Ortega. 2014. An integrative approach to assess the phylogeny and the systematics of rounded-tailed genera of the subfamily Qudsianematinae (Nematoda, Dorylaimida). Zoologica Scripta 43:418-428.

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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Revised: January 29, 2024.