Egtitus costaricae

Egtitus costaricae	Contents	Rev 12/21/2021
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Actinolaimidae

Egtitus costaricae Andrássy & Esquivel, 2012.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Length 1.4-2.8 mm
Cuticle smooth.
Vestibule without denticles.

Ref: Andrássy, 2009

Female:
Female diovarial, amphidelphic.
Vulva transverse or longitudinal; vulval lips not sclerotized.
Tail elongate to filiform in females

Males:
Male with supplements arranged in a series.
Tail short and rounded in males.

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

Feeding:

Categorized as predators and omnivores by Yeates et al., 1993

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

Andrassy, I. and Esquivel, A, 2012. Free-living nematodes from nature reserves in Costa Rica: Genera Egtitus Thorne, 1967 and Trachypleurosum Andrassy, 1959, (Dorylaimida: Actinolaimidae). Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2012, 43(1): 3–19.

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