Sicorinema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
    Dorylaimida
Crateronematidae
Lordellonematinae
             Sicorinema Siddiqi,1982

Type species of the genus: Sicorinema sericatum Siddiqi,1982

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Small-sized nematodes, less than 1mm long.
  • Cuticle thin, finely striated
  • Lip region offset from body contour by a constriction.
  • Lips and papillae distinct.
  • Stoma wide, walls not sclerotized.
  • Odontostyle with wide lumen; aperture more than half its length.
  • Odontophore with wide lumen.
  • Guiding ring simple, large.
  • Esophagus muscular, widening behind middle.
  • Tail conoid to a rounded terminus.

Female:

  • Female monovarial, opisthodelphic.
  • Vulva small, pore-like.

Male:

  • Unknown

Ref. Siddiqi, 1982.

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Distribution:

Reported from terrestrial habitats.

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Feeding:

 

   
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Life Cycle:

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References:

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

Siddiqi, M.R. 1982. Sicorinema gen. n. and Moshajia gen. n.(Dorylaimida: Crateronematidae) with descriptions of four new species. Nematologia Mediterranea 10:157-166.
Vinciguerra, M.T. 2006. Dorylaimida Part II: Superfamily Dorylaimoidea.  Pp 392-467 in Eyualem-Abebe, W. Traunspurger and I Andrassy (eds) Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy. CABI, Cambridge MA.

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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