Revised 06/09/25
Mononchina
Mononchoidea (Chitwood, 1937) Clark, 1961
Mononchidae Chitwood, 1937
Type genus of the family: Mononchus Bastian, 1865
Characteristics of the family:
Female:
Male:
Ref: Mulvey, 1978
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:
Jairajpuri, M.S., Khan, W.U. 1982. Predatory Nematodes, (Mononchida) with Special Reference to India, Associated Publishing, New Delhi. 131p.
Loof, P.A.A. 2006. Nematology 8:287-310.
Mulvey, R.H. 1978. Predaceous nematodes of the family Mononchidae from the Mackenzie and Porcupine river systems and Somerset Island, N.W.T., Canada. Can J. Zool. 56: 1847-1868.