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Classification:

 Type species of the genus Moshajia idiofora Siddiqi, 1982

Note:  the phyllogenetic position of the Lordellonematinae is uncertain.  Soe authors place it in the Crateronematiodae, others in the Qudsianematidae.

The genus differs from Lordellonema in having a shorter odontostyle with a long aperture and from Poronemella in not having pores along the body.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Medium to longer nematodes, 1.3 -2.4 mm Cuticle irregular with conspicuous pores, lateral, dorsal and ventral,  that open into conspicuous canals. 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 very muscular, widening gradually at or behind middle. Tail conoid to subdigitate. Ref. Siddiqi, 1982.

Female: Female diovarial, amphidelphic. Vulva pore-like. Male:  Male spicules simple, without median stiffening piece.. Ventromedian supplements numerous, spaced..

The genus name is a contraction of the name of famed Indian Nematologist and dorylaim specialist, Dr. Mohammed Shamim Jairajpuri. Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

Dr. Jairajpuri attending an International Postgraduate Nematology Course, Wageningen, Netherlands, 1965

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Distribution:

Reported from terrestrial habitats in Asia and Africa.

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Feeding:

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References:

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

Imran, Z., J. Abolafia, R. Pe�a-Santiago and W. Ahmad. 2019. Morphological and molecular characterisation of Moshajia idiofora Siddiqi, 1982 (Dorylaimida: Qudsianematidae), with new insights into the phylogeny of the enigmatic Lordellonematinae. Nematology 21:349-360.

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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