Axonchoides

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
   Dorylaimia
        Dorylaimida
              Belondiridae
Belondirinae

Axonchoides Thorne, 1967

Thorne distinguished the genus Axonchoides from Axonchium Cobb, 1920 by the semisclerotized labial framework, mammiform cephalic papillae, the non-muscular nature of the anterior esophagus and the supplements in males not protruding above the body contour (Pena-Santiago et al., 2013).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref. Andrassy, 2009; Pena-Santiago et al, 2013.

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Distribution:

Very rare genus. Originally described by Thorne (1967) from El Yunque Mountains, Puerto Rico.

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Feeding:

  Feeding habits of Axonchoides uncertain; Axonchium is classified as a plant feeder and possibly omnivore (Yeates et al., 1993).   

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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. .

Pena-Santiago, R. 2021. Dorylaimida Mundi (Nematoda); checklist of genera and species, with their records. UJA Editorial. 957p.

Pena-Santiago, R., Abolafia, J., Alvárez-Ortega, S., Ye, W., Robbins, R.T. 2013. Axonchoides smokyensis sp.n. (Dorylaimida: Belondiridae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: the second species of a very rare genus. Nematology 15: 679-693.

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: February 14, 2023.