Bathyepsilonema lopheliae

Bathyepsilonema lopheliae	Contents	Rev 03/08/2022
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Desmodorida: Desmodorina
Desmodoroidea
Epsilonematidae: Eprilonematinae
Bathyepsilonema lopheliae Raes, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2003

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body relatively short (0.4 mm) and stout; curved most significantly in anterior half.
Head dome-shaped with large spiral amphids
Broad cuticular annules.
Ambulatory setae posterior to half body length on a ventral curve of the body.
Tail short and conical,

Males:

Monorchis, testis outstretched.
Spicules slnedr, curved to a 90 degree angle.

Females:

Didelphic, ampidelphic
Vulva surrounded by radial cuticular ridges.
The condition of separate outlets for the three caudal glands is common among the genera of the Epsilonematidae however, in females of this species the glands appear to have a single opening/\.

Ref: Raes et al., 2003

Epsilonematidae are characterized by having an ε-shaped body (hence the name) and setae used in looper locomotion on the ventral surface of the body.

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

Distribution:

Collected from coral (Lophelia pertusa) in a deep-sea environment at 1005 meters off the coast of Belgium.

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Raes, M., W. Decraemer and A. Vanreusel. 2006. Postembryonic morphology in Epsilonematidae, with a discussion on the variability of caudal gland outlets. J. Nematology 38:97-118.

Raes, M. Vanreusel, A. Decraemer, W. 2003. Epsilonematidae (Nematoda) from a cold-water coral environment in thePorcupine Seabight, with a discussion on the status of the genus Metaglochinema Gourbault & Decraemer, 1986. Hydrobiologia 505:49-72.