Nimigula		Contents		Rev 06/02/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Type species of the genus: Nimigula unica Andrassy, 1985

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length > 2mm
• Cuticle smooth
• Head narrow, slightly offset by a depression
• Odontostyle short and thin with aperture 1/3 of length
• Esophagus extremely long, at least half the length of the body and 1.2x length of intestine; anteriorly thin, separated from posterior part by a narrow isthmus.  Poseterior cylindrus about 2/3 of esophagus length, with a thin muscle sheath
• Female with transverse vulva at about 50% of body length but monodelphic-opisthodelphic; no anterior branch
• Tail short and rounded.

Ref: Andrassy, 2009

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Distribution:

Described from clay soil in Hungary.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Nimigula

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

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: June 02, 2025.