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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Enoplina

                Enoploidea

                   Anticomidae

Anticominae

Anticoma Bastian 1865

Type species of genus:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Feeding:

In lacking a distinct oral cavity, feeding is assumed by sucking in epistrate using esophageal muscles (Platonova and Galtsova, 1976).

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Biology and Ecology:

Thrive among algae in the littoral zone and beds of plant material in the sublittoral.

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Platonova, T.A. and Galtsova, V.V. 1976. Nematodes and their Role in the Meiobenthos. Studies on Marine Fauna Vol XV(XXIII) Academy of Sciences USSR, Nauka, Leningrad,  Translated 1985, Smithsonian Institute.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: January 16, 2025.