Sclerostylus karri

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
 Dorylaimida
Leptonchidae
Belonenchinae
                     Sclerostylus karri Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1981
The type species of the genus.
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Morphology and Anatomy:

Males:  

  • Not seen. Females did not have sperm.

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Female:

  • Monodelphic, opisthodelphic.
  • Vulva transverse

    •   Ref: Goseco et al., 1981

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
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Distribution:

Reported from Panama.

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Feeding:

Characteristic slender odontostyle of other members of the Leptonchidae suggests fungal feeding(Yeates et al., 1993).

 
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Life Cycle:

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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 (Nematoda Errantia) Vol. 111. Humgarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 508p.

Goseco, C.G., Ferris, V.R. and Ferris, J.M. 1981. Sclerostylus n. gen. from Panama and Other Neotropical Species of Leptonchoidea (Dorylaimida). J. Nematology 13:79-86.

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: September 28, 2020.