Acephalodorylaimus

Acephalodorylaimus	Contents	Rev 02/14/2023
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
Dorylaimida

Tylencholaimoidea

Encholaimidae

Cephalodorylaiminae

Acephalodorylaimus Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1982

Morphology and Anatomy:

The smooth cuticle of the sub-family Cephalodorylaiminae and the setose outer labial sensillae distinguish the subfamily from the Encholaiminae within the family Encholaimidae.

Body 0.8-0.9 mm long
Cuticle smooth
Lip region with six short setose inner labial papillae, long setose outer labial setae
Odontostyle thin, longer that lip width odontophore long, simple, about 50% of length of esophagus
Tail elongate conical, ventrally curved.

Female:

Prodelphic (??)

Male:

unknown

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

Distribution:

Type species of the genus, A. attenuatus, described from India.

Feeding:

Many members of the superfamily Tylencholaimoidea are considered hyphal feeders (Yeates et al, 1993).

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Ahmad, W. and Jairajpuri, M. S. 1982. Some new and known species of Dorylaimoidea. Nematologica, 28: 39-61.

Andrássy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Pena-Santiago, R. 2021. Dorylaimida Mundi (Nematoda) Checklist of genera and species with their records. Editorial Universidad de Jaen 960p.

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.