Belaxellus		Contents		Rev 02/21/2023
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Type species of the genus is Belaxellus elegans Thorne, 1974

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length around 2mm.
• Lip region strongly offset from body contour; oral opening surrounded by four small platelets
• Lateral and ventromedfian cells present, each with an ampula passing through cuticle
• Amphids almost surrounding head
• Odontostyle thick about 12 um long with aperture 4 um.
• Mmuscular sheath surrounding esophagus.is not spiral
• Cardia spherical
• Tail conoid, rounded in both sexes

Ref. Andrassy, 2009; Thorne, 1974

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Distribution:

Described by Thorne from South Dakota, USA

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Feeding:

  Unknown, but other genera in the family Belondiridae are considered to be plant-feeding (Yeates et al., 1993).   

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Life Cycle:

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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.

Thorne, G. 1974. Nematodes of the Northern Great Plains Part II. Technical Bulletin 41, South Dakota State University 120p

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: February 21, 2023.