Discolaimus labiatus

 

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

Enoplea
                Qudsianematidae (see also family Discolaimidae)

Discolaimus labiatus Pena-Santiago, Torres, Liebanas & Abolafia, 2002

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Pena-Santiago et al., (2002), Andrassy (2009)

 

Female:    

Labial region
Photographs and drawings from Pena-Santiago et al. (2002)
Diovarial, amphidelphic gonads

Males:
  Unknown

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

 

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Distribution:

Described from a desert area in Almeria,Spain in the rhisophere of Mediterranean garigue (low open evergreen scrubland).

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Feeding:

 
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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.

Pena-Santiago, R., Torres, B., Liebanas, G., and Abolafia, J. 2002. Nematodes of the order Dorylaimida from Andalucia Oriental, Spain: Discolaimus Cobb, 1913. I. Description of two new species. Nematology 4:361-369

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: April 03, 2023.