Tylenchodoroides

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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Tylencholaimidae

Tylencholaiminae

Tylenchodoroides Gagarin, 2001 declared a junior synonym of Oostenbrinkia Ali, Suryawanshi & Ahmad, 1973 (Pena-Santiago, 2023)

Type species of the genus: Tylenchodoroides parietinus (Gagarin, 2000) Gagarin, 2001

Synonyms:

Tylenchodorus parietinus Gagarin, 2000

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body very small, about 0.4 mm
Cuticle and subcuticle s,ooth
Lip region with perioral disc
Stoma with small sclerotized ring
Odontostyle short and weak
Guiding ring simple
Odontophore with basal knobs, about 4x the length of the odontostyle
Esophageal expansion occupying at > 50% of total esophageal length
Tail subcylindroid, broadly rounded, similar in both sexes

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

Tylenchodoroides parietinus (Gagarin, 2000) Gagarin, 2001
1=male; 2=female; 3=female head; 4= female esophagus; 5=female gonad; 6=male tail; 7=female posterior
Scale bars 100um(1,2) 30 um(3,7) 20 um(4,6) 10um(3)
(from Gagarin, 2000)

Female:

Didelphic-amphidelphic, reflexed

Male:

Diorchic
Slender dorylaimoid spicules
No ventromedian supplements

Ref: Gagarin, 2000; Andrassy, 2009

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Distribution:

Soil nematode, type species reported from Russia

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Feeding:

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

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

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

Gagarin, V.G. (2000) A new genus and two new species of nematodes collected from dust of rotten trees in European Ruccia. Zoosystematica Rossica 8:205-209.

Gagarin, V.G. (2001) A new replacment name for Tylenchodorus Gagarin, 2000. Zoosystematica Rossica 9:24.

Pena-Santiaga, R. 2023. Tylenchodoroides Gagrin, 2001 is a junioe synonym of Oostenbrinkia Ali, Suryawanshi & Ahmad, 1973 (Dorylaimida: Aulolaimoididae) .Nematology 26:119-122.

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: ÂAn outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331

Tylenchodoroides

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris. Revised: April 23, 2024.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: April 23, 2024.