Oxybelondira

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
   Dorylaimia
        Dorylaimida
Belondiroidea
              Swangeriidae

Oxybelondira Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1979

Type species of the genus: Oxybelondira perplexa (Williams, 1958) Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1979

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Body length 1.6-2.2 mm
  • Lip region narrow, lips amalgamated
  • Cephalic region with subcuticular sclerotization (collaret - termed collare by Andrassy, 2009)
  • Odontostyle short and slender.
  • Basal enlarged part of esophagus shorter than half the total length of esophagus
  • Enlarged part of esophagus with a sinistral twisted muscular sheath.
  • Tail cylindrical, becoming clavate or acute at terminus.


    Female:      
  • Monodelphic, opisthodelphic.
  • Vulva a transverse slit.
Males:  

 

 
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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.

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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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 26, 2023.