Cricodorylaimus		Contents		Rev 08/18/2020
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		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Cricodorylaimus is distinguished by the short obese body with strongly striated subcuticle, cuticularised pieces around the stoma and a monodelphic prodelphic female genital tract.

It differs from all known genera in the family Qudsianematidae in the nature of its subcuticle and in being monodelphic prodelphic. .

• Less than 1mm length, moderately obese.
• Cuticle finely striated.
• Subcuticle distinctly striated; striae with serrate margin and with  rows of punctations which are more pronounced in the posterior region of body.
• Sr\triations of posterior region of body sometimes appearing as scales.
• Lip region distinctly offset, wider than the adjoining body; cuticularized pieces present around stoma.
• Amphids large with funnel shaped fovea and slitlike aperture.
• Odontostyle typical dorylaimid with aperture about one-third of its length. Guiding ring double.
• Odontophore simple, rod-like.
• Esophagus enlarging posterior to its middle. Cardia short, conoid.
• Tail short, conical with bluntly rounded tip.

Male:

• Unckown

Ref. Ahmad and Sturhan, 2001

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Ahmad, W. and Sturhan, D, 1991. Cricodorylaimus gen. n. (Dorylaimida: Qudsianematidae), a unique nematode genus from Benin. Nematology 3:237-241.

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

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 18, 2020.