Anoplostoma nhatrangensis

 

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Classification:

 

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Enoplina
                Enoploidea
                    Anoplostomatidae
Anophostomatinae

Anoplostoma nhatrangensis  Tchesunov & Thanh, 2010

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Male:

  • Diorchic, both testes to left of intestine
  • Spicules long and slender
  • Gubernaculum paired
  • Bursa variable in length  between position of retracted spivulesand conical part of tail. Paired spine-like setae on bursal alae.

Female:

  • Didelphic-amphidalphic, ovaries reflexed.
  • No spermathecae

Ref: Tchesunov and Thanh, 2010

Anoplostoma nhatrangensis A: male anterior; B: female anterior; C: :male posterior; D: male cloacal region and tail. Scale bars = 10um
Drawings from Tchesunov and Thanh, 2010
 

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 

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Distribution:

Free living marine nematodes described from mangroves in an estuary on the central coasrt of Vietnam, near Nha Trang City.

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Feeding:

Epistrate?
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Biology and Ecology:

 

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters
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Management:

 

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References:

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 Anoplostoma Butschli, 1874 (Nematoda: Enoplida). Invert. Zool. 7:93-105.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 03, 2024.