Ichthyocephalus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Rhabditida
    Spirurina
                             Rhigonematoidea
Ichthyocephalidae

Ichthyocephalus Artigas, 1926

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Cephalic capsule compressed dorsoventrally
  • Oral aperture slit-shaped, oriented laterally giving the appearance of a flattened fish head with a dorsal and ventral jaw.
  • Four short, conical cephalic papillae
  • Amphid aperturea pore-shaped.
  • Tail nearly conical, arched ventrally.

    Female:      
  •  Didelphic and without vaginal diversiculum.
Males:

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

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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Parasites of millipedes.

 
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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Artigas, P. 1926. Nematoides de invertebrados (III).Boletim biologico, Sao Paulo, 3:59–71

Rodriguez, N.G., Rodriguez, J.M., Hasegawa, K. 2018. Adittional observations on Ichthyocephalus victori García & Fontenla, 2002 (Nematoda: Ichthyocephalidae) from Puerto Rico. Novitates Caribaea 12:129-133.

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Revised: November 15, 2021.