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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Enoplina

                Enoploidea

                   Anticomidae

Paranticoma Micolatzky & Kreis, 1930

Type species of the genus: Paranticoma bandaensis Micolatzky & Kreis, 1930

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General chraacteristics of the genus:

• Cup-shaped buccal cavity, cephalic setae short (about 1 head diam long), cervical setae may be present or absent; when present, they are located behind the secretory-excretory pore which is on a seta-like projection on the cuticle.

	Males: Monorchic Precloacal supplement reduced or vestigial.
Paranticoma tricerviseta Anterior ullustrating cup-shaped stoma, amphid and excretory pore on seta-like projection Drawing from Zhang, 2005	Ref: Smol et al., 2014; Zhang, 2005

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Feeding:

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References:

Micoletzky, H. and Kreis, H.A. 1930. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortenseńs Pacific Expedition 1914-16, LIII. Freilebende marine Nematoden von. den Sunda. Inseln. I. Enoplidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 87:243-399.

Smol N, A Muthumbi and J Sharma. 2014. Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. 7.3 Order Enoplida. Walter De Gruyter. pp. 193-246.

Zhang, Z. 2005: Three new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, China. J. Nat. Hist. 39: 2109-2123.

Revised by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 24, 2026.