Durinemella

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
   Dorylaimia
        Dorylaimida
Belondiroidea
              Swangeriidae

Durinemella Andrassy, 2009

Type species of the genus: Durinemella elongata (Dhanam & Jairajpuri, 1999) Andrassy, 2009

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Body length 1.6-2.3mm
  • Lip region continuous with body contour; lip region rounded; lips amalgamated
  • Odontostyle slender, straight
  • Basal enlarged part of esophagus shorter than half the total length of esophagus
  • Enlarged part of esophagus without a distinct sheath.
  • Tail filiiform


    Female:      
  • Didelphic, amphidelphic
  • Vulval lips not sclerotized

Ref: Andrassy, 2009

Males:  

  • Spicules slender
  • four widely-spaced ventromedian supplements

 

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

Type species reported from soil in India.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Durinemella

 

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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Management:

 

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References:

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

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

 

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Revised: May 10, 2025.