Pachydorylaimus

Pachydorylaimus	Contents	Rev 05/19/2025
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
Return to Pachydorylaimus Menu		Ecosystem Functions and Services
	Distribution	Management
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Tylencholaimidae

Tylencholaiminae

Pachydorylaimus Siddiqi, 1983

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

Female:

Male:

Distribution:

Tropical species described from Colombia and Ecuador.

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Pachydorylaimus

Nematodes in the Tylencholaimidae often considered fungal feeders (Yeates et al., 1993)

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Andrassy, I. 1997. Nematodes from Ecuador. A new genus, four new and a known species (Dorylaimida). Opus. Zool. Budapest XXIX-XXX:3-19.

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

Siddiqi, M.R. 1983. Four new species of Pachydorylaimus gen. n. and Tylenchodorus tylosus gen. n., sp. n.(Dorylaimida: Qudsianematinae)'from Colombian rain forest. Revue Nematologie 6:207-215.

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