Incanema		Contents		Rev 05/13/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Incanema Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
Return to Leptonchidae Menu		Feeding		References
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Classification:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length 1.2-1.3 mm
• Outer layer of cuticle smooth; subcuticle loose and folded
• Lip region cap-like formed by fusion of inner liplets,.
• Head offset by a constriction.
• Odontostyle slender gradually fusing into simple odontophore
• Esophagus very slender with a constriction between slender part and the short bulboid terminal part of esophagus.
• Cylindroid part of esophagus surrounded by anterior of intestine.
• Prerectum very long, beginning far anterior to vulva in female.
• Tail rounded or bluntly conoid in both sexes

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Distribution:

Type species, Incanema quondam, described from soil in Ecuador.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Incanema

   Family Leptonchidae classified as hyphal feeding; exact feeding habits of Incanema spp. unknown (Yeates et al., 1993)  

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

Type species, I quondam, is sexually reproducing based on occurrence of sperm in uterus.

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

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 13, 2025.