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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Trefusiina

                Trfusioidea

                   Lauratonematidae

Lauratonema Gerlach, 1953

Type species of the genus: Lauratonema reductum Gerlach, 1953

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Lauratonema macrostoma: A. male anterior; B. female tail; C. male tail; D. female gonad; E: female anterior. Bar scales: A,B,C,E = 20 um; D = 50 um Drawings from Chen and Guo, 2015.
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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes.

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Feeding:

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References:

Chou, Y.Z., Guo, Y.Q. 2015. Two new species of Lauratonema (Nematoda: Lauratonematidae) from the intertidal zone of the East China Sea/ J. Natural History 49:1777-1778.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006285

Fadeeva, N.P. 1989. Free-living nematode family Lauratonematidae (Nematoda Enoplida) from the sea of Japan. Biologicheskie Nauki (Moscow). 33-39. (in Russian)

 Gerlach, S.A. 1953. Lauratonema nov. gen., Vertreter einer neuen Familie mariner Nematoden aus dem Kustengrundwasser. Zool Anz. 151:43-–52.

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Revised: February 01, 2024.