Basirotyleptus		Contents		Rev 05/31/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Type species of the genus: Basirotyleptu basiri Jairajpuri, 1964

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length 0.4 to 1.2 mm.
• Lip region cap-like, offset.
• Stoma a long, truncate cone.
• Cuticle and subcuticle striated.
• Body pores in two rows.
• Odontostyle very slender, needle-like; appears solid..
• Odontophore rod-like, not flanged.
• Esophageal expansion pyriform
• Cardia rounded.
• Tail short, broadly rounded to conoid.

Differs from other genera of the subfamily by the combination of the cap-like head, unflanged odontophore, basal bulb of esophagus with a valve and opisthodelphic single gonad.

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Distribution:

Many species, reported from soil in many parts of the world.

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Glochidorella

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Islam M.N.and Ahmad W. 2022. Description of five new and six known species of the genus Basirotyleptus Jairajpuri, 1964 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Tylencholaimoidea) from the Western Ghats, India. European Journal of Taxonomy 791: 1-57. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.791.1645

Jairajpuri, M.S. 1964. Studies on Campydoridae and Leptonchidae (Nematoda: Dorylaimoidea) with description of Basirotyleptus basiri n.gen., n.sp., from India. Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 31-59-64.

S.iddiqi MR, Khan E. 1965. A review of the nematode genus Basirotyleptus (Dorylaimida) with descriptions of two new species. Proc Helm Soc Wash. 32:23-31.

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: May 31, 2025.