Revised 05/19/25
Mononchina
Mononchoidea (Chitwood, 1937) Clark, 1961
Mononchidae Chitwood, 1937
Type genus of the family: Mononchus Bastian, 1865
Predaceous nematodes, microbivores as juveniles, predators as adults.
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Globose stoma with a single large dorsal
tooth. No subventral fields of denticles.
Long, muscular, tubular esophagus.
Click on thumbnail below for video of Mononchus feeding as a predator on other nematodes:
