Dactyluraxonchium

Dactyluraxonchium	Contents	Rev 05/07/2025
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Belondiridae

Axonchiinae

Dactyluraxonchium Coomans & Nair, 1975

Type species of the genus: Dactyluraxonchium arcuatum (Thorne, 1964) Coomans & Nair, 1975

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body length 1.4-1.7 mm
Lip region offset from body contour; lips rounded
Odontostyle fusiform, tapering to each end
Muscle bundles of esophagus sheath straight
Tail subdigitate, longer than body width at anus; tail sape is a distinguishing character.

Female:

Monodelphic, opisthodelphic
Short pre-vulval sac
Vulva not sclerotized

Male:

Ref. Andrássy, 2009.

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

Distribution:

Two species known, one from North America. one from Australia.

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Dactyluraxonchium

Family is classiofied as plant-feeding and maybe omnivorous (Yeates et al., 1993).

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

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

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

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