Tylencholaimus zeelandicus

Tylencholaimus zeelandicus	Contents	Rev 08/03/2020
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Tylencholaiminae

Tylencholaimus zeelandicus de Man, 1876

Morphology and Anatomy:

.	Body length about 1mm Vulva at 32-35% of body length. Monodelphic, opisthodelphic, ovary directed posteriorly and reflexed.
Males:


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

Feeding:

Classified as hyphal feeding (Yeates et al., 1993) and probably on more complex fungal structures.

Wood (1973) observed Tylencholaimus montanus feeding and reproducing on fungi in tissue culture.

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Andrássy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

De Man. J. G.1876. Onderzoekingen over vrij in de aarde levende Nematoden. Tijdschrift Nederlandsche dierkundige Vereeniging 2, 78-196.

Goodey, Soil and Freshwater Nematodes

Loof, P.A.A. and Jairajpuri, M.S. 1968. Taxonomic studies on the genus Tylencholaimus De Man, 1876 (Dorylaimoidea) With a Key To the Species. Nematologica 14:317-350.

Vinciguera, M.T. 1986. New and known species of Tylencholaimus de Man, 1876 (Dorylaimida, Nematoda) from Italian beech forest with a key to the species. Nematologia Mediterranea 14:107-116.

Wood, F.H. 1973. Nematode feeding relationships: Feeding relationships of soil-dwelling nematodes. Soil Riol. Biochem. 5: 593-601.

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

Wood, F.H. 1973. Nematode feeding relationships: Feeding relationships of soil-dwelling nematodes. Soil Riol. Biochem. 5: 593-601.