Neoactinolaimus tepidus

 

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea
Actinolaimidae
Actinolaiminae

Neoactinolaimus tepidus Andrassy, 1999

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

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  • Body slender, cuticle thin
  • Labial region rounded, not offset
  • Four onchia, each with two small teeth
  • Odontostyle length 1.3-1.4 times labial width
  • Esophagus  enlarging at 50% of length
  • Rectum 1.5-1.7x and prerectun 6-8x anal body diameter

Female:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic
  • Vulva longitudinal with sclerotized lips
  • 1 to 6 eggs in uteri of mature females
  • Tail filiform
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Males:

  • Paired testes, long vas deferens.
  • Spicules slender, arcuate, 49-56 um long.
  • Supplewments in two fascicles
  • Male tail short, conoid, rounded.

Ref Andrassy, 2010

 

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

 

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Distribution:

Reported from warm lake water and wet soil

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Feeding:

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

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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

 

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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. 2010. Two new nematode species of the subfamily Brittonematinae (Dorylaimida: Actinolaimidae). Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2010, 41(2): 175–190

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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