Syncheilaxonchium

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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Belondiridae

Axonchinae

Syncheilaxonchium Coomans & Nair, 1975

Type species of the genus: Syncheilaxonchium rotundum (Thorne, 1964) Coomans & Nair, 1975

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body length 0.9-2.9 mm
Cuticle smooth or with fine striations.
Lip region rounded, continuous with body contour; lips amalgamated
Odontostyle short
Anterior and posterior parts of esophagus separated by a deep constiction.
Muscle bundles of esophagus sheath straight, not spiral.
Tail bluntly rounded or slightly clavate.

Ref. Andrássy, 2009.

Female:

Opisthodelphic or pseudo-opisthodelphic.
With or without a shore prevulval sac
Vulva transverse, not sclerotized.

Males:

Spicules dorylaimoid, usually long.
Ventro-median supplements 5 to 9, widely spaced.

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Members of the family Belondiridae are classiofied as plant-feeding (especially those with long odontostyles) and maybe omnivorous (Yeates et al., 1993). Syncheilaxonchium has a short odontostyle which may suggest omnivorous feeding.

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References:

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

Coomans, A., and Nair, P. 1975. The genus Axonchium (Nematoda: Belondiridae) Vi. Atypical species, keys, subgenera and conclusions, Nematologica, 21: 296-332.

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