Neolordellonema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
    Dorylaimida
Crateronematidae
Lordellonematinae
              Neolordellonema Dhanam & Jairajpuri, 1996

Type species of the genus: Neolordellonema nivethi Dhanam & Jairajpuri, 1996

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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • A genus with characteristiocs of Lordellonem and Poronemella
  • Body length < 1mm
  • Tylencholaimoid body with smooth outer cuticle, coarsely annulated inner cuticle and distinct body pores
  • Odontostyle 13 um
  • Odontophore 13 um
  • Tail slighly shorter than anal body diameter.
  • Female diovarial, amphidelphic.
  • Male not known



Ref. Dhanam and Jairajpuri, 1996

 

  

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Distribution:

Described from soil around rice roots in Karnataka, India

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References:

 

Dhanam, M. and Jairajouri, M.S. 1996.  A report on Neolordellonema nivethi gen. n., sp. n. (Dorylaimida: Nematoda) from Malnad tracts of Karnataka. Journal of Coffee Research 26:57-61.

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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