Brittonema		Contents		Rev 02/27/2023
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Brittonema Vinciguerra & Clausi, 2000

Type species of the genus: Brittonema sulcatum Thorne, 1967

Note: Andrassy (2009) considered Brittonema a junor synonym of Brasilaimus

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Nematodes in the genus Brittonema (and in the subfamily Brittonematinae of the Actinolaimidae) are cosidered to have a triprtite esophagus which consists of a very long (nonmuscular) section, a short, more msucular, middle section that tapers into an enlarged posterior region (Commans and Loof, 1986)..

Ref: Andrassy, 2010

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

 Categorized by Yeates et al (1993) as omnivore and predator.    

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Life Cycle:

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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, 41: 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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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 27, 2023.