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Classification:

Enoplea

  Enoplia
        Enoplida

            Enoplina

                Enoploidea

                   Anoplostomatidae

Chaetonematinae

Chaetonema Filipjev, 1927

Type species of the genus: Chaetonema steineri Filipjev, 1927

    Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Buccal cavity large, flask-shaped, unarmed, surrounded posteriorly by pharyngeal tissue.
• Sexual dimorphism in amphid foveae: elongate in males, small and oval pocket-shaped in females.

Ref: Tchesunov and Thanh, 2010; Smol et al., 2014

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes. 

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Chaetonema

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Smol, N., Muthumbi, A., Sharma, J. 2014. Order Enoplida, 7.3. In Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed) Handbook of Zoology. De Gruyter, Berlin

Tchesunov, A.V. and Thanh, N.V. 2010. A. desription of Anoplostoma nhatrangensis sp.n. from magrove habitatas of Nha Trang, Central Vietnam, with a review of the genus Chaetonema Butschli, 1874 (Nematoda: Enoplida). Invert. Zool. 7:93-105.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 15, 2026.