Actinolaimus tripapillatus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
      Dorylaimida
Actinolaimidae

Actinolaimus tripapillatus (Daday, 1905) Steiner, 1916

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 
  
Actinolaimus tripapillatus: Head with odontostyle retracted and extended; esophagus with nerve ring..  Details of asymmetric diovarial structures and vulva 
  Drawings from Kreis (1930)   
Actinolaimus tripapillatus: Female tail and male tail     
     
     

 

 

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 Cuticle with prominent longitudinal ridges. Lip region wide and low. Odontostyle robust

Female:   Vagina with sclerotized pieces. Ovaries paired but strongly asymmetrical with anterior larger.  Anterior overy reflexed (Kreis, 1930).
Tail elongate.
Males:   Two fascicles (clusters) of supplements.
Tail short and rounded.

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

 
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

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

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological 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.

Kreis, H.A. 1930. Die entwicklung von Actinolaimus tripapillatus (v. Daday): Ein beitrag zur postembronalen entwicklung der freilebelden nematoden. Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Okolgie der Tiere. 18:322-345.

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

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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Revised: December 21, 2021.