Revised 03/07/25
Enoplea
Dorylaimia
Mononchida
Mononchuloidea
Mononchulidae De Coninck, 1965
A small family of predator nematodes in terrestrial and freshwater habitats.
Head continuous with body contour
Cephalic papillae in 3 rings with 6-6-4 configuration
Stoma more or less tubular, encircled by esophageal tissue, anteriorly spacious, with large claw-like subdorsl tooth and about 6 rows of rasp-like subventral denticles
Esophagus cylindrical with 5 gland nuclei
Large cardiac glands at esophago-intestinal junction
Tail of both sexes short, cylindroid, rounded with large subterminal ventral spinneret
Female:
Prodelphic, monodelphic
Male:
Paired spicules
GubernaculumVentromedian supplements
Ref: Andrassy (2009)
References:
Andressy, I. 2009. Nematodes of Hungary
Ishaq, U., Dawar, S., Kazi, N., Iqbal, E., Raza, S. 2021. Description of Oionchus sindhicus n. sp., and Morphometric Data on O. paraobtusus Jairajpuri and Khan, 1982 and O. obtusus Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda:Mononchida) from Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool. 2021:1-4.