Mactinolaimus		Contents		Rev 06/23/2023
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Mactinolaimus Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Type species of the genus: Mactinolaimus typicus Andrassy, 1970

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length  1.5-3.4 mm
• Cuticle with fine transverse striations.
• Odontostyle robust
• Buccal cavity large with wide vestibule
• Vestibule without denticles
• Odontostyle surrounded by onchia
• Esophagus muscular along entire length with posterior portion glandular

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Distribution:

Species have been described from Asia and Africa.

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Feeding:

  Classsified as omnivores (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.

Andrassy, I. 1970. Nematoden aus einigen Fluss-Systemen S�dafrikas. Opuscula Zoologica 10: 179-219.

Tsalolikhin, S.Y., Alexeev, V.R., Yusoff, F.N. 2012. To the fauna of free-living freshwater nematodes (Nematoda) from North Borneo. Zoosystematica Rossica DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2012.21.1.10

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 23, 2023.