Paractinolaimus microdentatus

Paractinolaimus microdentatus	Contents	Rev 06/24/2023
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Actinolaimidae

Paractinolaimus microdentatus (Thorne, 1939) Meyl, 1957

Morphology and Anatomy:

Males:

No males found in collections made in South Africa

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Distribution:

Reported from feshawater habitas in South Africa by Vinciguerra and Heyns, 1984 and from the Dead Sea by Andassy, 1964.

Feeding:

Categorized by Yeates et al., 1993 as a predator and omnivore.

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Andrassy, l. 1964. Einige Nematoden aus der Umgebung des Toten Meeres. Israel J. Zool 13: 89-97.

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Eveleigh, E.S. 1982. Two new species of Paractinolaimus Meyl, 1957 (Nematoda: Paractinolaimidae) from the Mackenzie and Porcupine river systems, Northwest Territories, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 60:158-164.

Vinciguerra, M.T. 2006. Dorylaimida Part ii. In Abebe, E., Andrassy, I. Traunspurger, W. Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy.

Vinciguerra, M.T., Clausi, M., Orselli, L., 2013. Description of a new species of Paractinolaimus Meyl, 1957 (Dorylaimida: Nematoda) and a compendium of all the nominal species of the genus. J. Nematode Morphology and Systematics 26:49-57.

Vinciguerra, M.T. and Heyns, J. 1984. Freshwater nematodes from South Africa. 8. New and known species of Actinolaimoidea, South African Journal of Zoology, 19:3, 135-140, DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1984.1144787

Thorne, G. 1939. A monograph of the nematodes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Capita Zool. 8: 1-263.

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