Paraoxybelondira

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
   Dorylaimia
        Dorylaimida
Belondiroidea
              Swangeriidae

Paraoxybelondira Dhanam & Jairajpuri, 1999

Type species of the genus: Paraoxybelondira mayili Dhanam & Jairajpuri, 1999

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Body length 1.5-1.7 mm
  • Lip region rounded, continuous with body contour
  • Odontostyle very small, asymmetrical
  • Cylindrus of esophagus with sinistrally spiralled muscle sheath
  • Tail filiform in both sexes

Females:

  • Monodelphic, opisthodelphic

Males:  

  • Spicules slender, dorylaimoid
  • 3 widely-spaced ventromedian supplements

Ref: Andrassy, 2009
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
 
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Distribution:

Soil nematodes reported from India.

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Feeding:

 

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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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.

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: March 10, 2025.