Aporcelinus diadematus

Aporcelinus diadematus	Contents	Rev 04/10/2023
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Aporcelaimidae

Aporcelinus diadematus (Cobb in Thorne & Swanger, 1936) Andrassy, 2009

Type species of the genus

Morphology and Anatomy:

Aporcelinus diadematus female

Drawing from De Bruin and Heyns, 1992

Female:

The species is characterized by a disc-shaped structure between the base of the esophagus and the cardia, bulging out into the body cavity on the dorsal side (De Bruin and Heyns, 1992).

Males: Males are rare.

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

Distribution:

Reported from Jamaica, South Africa, Botswana, Venezuela. Reported as common is South Africa (De Bruin and Heyns, 1992).

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.

De Bruin, S., Heyns, J. 1992. Dorylaimida (Nematoda) from Botswana. South African Jouirnal of Zoology 27:156-172

Pena-Santiago, R. 2021. Dorylaimida Mundi (Nematoda); checklist of genera and species, with their records. UJA Editorial. 957p.

Pena-Santiago, R., and Joaquin Abolafia. 2016. On the identity of Aporcelinus granuliferus (Cobb, 1893) Andrassy, 2009 and its taxonomic consequences. Nematology 18:999-1014.

Pena-Santiago, R., Abolafia, J., .Nguyen, T.A.D., Alvarez-Ortega, S., Varela-Benavides, I. 2019. General morphology and updated taxonomy of the genus Aporcelinus Andrassy, 2009 (Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae). Nematology 21:857-874.

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.