Rev: 04/15/2025
Anticoma Bastian 1865
Type species of genus:
Synonyms:
Free-living marine nematodes.
Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Anticoma
In lacking a distinct oral cavity, feeding is assumed by sucking in epistrate using esophageal muscles (Platonova and Galtsova, 1976).
Thrive among algae in the littoral zone and beds of plant material in the sublittoral.
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.
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