Westindicus		Contents		Rev 05/22/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Westindicus Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Type species of the genus: Westindicus brachycephaluss  Thorne, 1967

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length > 1.5 mm
• Cuticle smoothLabial region wide, slightly offset from body contour by a constriction
• Vestibule walls strongly ribbed and basket-like
• Amphids stirrup-shaped
• Odontostyle straight, about 1.3 x lip width, aperture < half its length
• Cylindrus of esophagus muscular
• Tail shape differs between sexes

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Distribution:

Species have been reported from terrestrial environments in Asia and Central America and the Seychelle Islands.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Westindicus

   Categorized as predators by Yeates et al., 1993  

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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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: May 22, 2025.