Acephalodorylaimus attenuatus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
 Dorylaimida
Tylencholaimoidea
              Encholaimidae
     Cephalodorylaiminae
Acephalodorylaimus attenuatus Ahmad & Jaierajpuri, 1982

The type species of the genus.

  • Synonyms:
    Oriverutus prodelphus Dhanachand, Mohilal & Joymati, 1992
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    Morphology and Anatomy:

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

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    • 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

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    Distribution:

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

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    Feeding:

    Family Encholaimidae classified as hyphal feeding; exact feeding habits of Acephalodorylaimus attenuatus unknown (Yeates et al., 1993)

     
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    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.

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    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: February 14, 2023.