Athernema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
 Dorylaimida
Mydonomidae
Athernema Ahmad & Jairajpurii 1978

Type species of the genus: Athernema unicum Ahmad & Jairajpurii 1978

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female:

  • Vulva a transverse slit near mid-body
  • Vagina unsclerotized
  • Didelphic, amphidelphic

  Ref: Siddiqi, 2016
 

 

Males:  

  • .Spicules with stiffening piece
  • Sperm large, rounded
  • 4-6 well seprated ventromedian supplements
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

 

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Athernema

 

 

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

 

 

 

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References:

Wu, W-J., Xu, C-L., Xie, H., Wang, D-W. 2019. Three new species, one new genus and subfamily of Dorylaimida (de man, 1876) Pearse, 1942, and revisions of the families Tylencholaimellidae Jairajpuri, 1964 and Mydonomidae Thorne, 1964 (Nematoda, Dorylaimida). PeerJ 7:e7541 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7541

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 15, 2025.