Domorganus macronephriticus

Domorganus macronephriticus	Contents	Rev: 08/11/2022
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Plectida: Plectina
Ohridiidae

Domorganus macronephriticus Goodey, T. 1947

The type species of the genus.

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Originally described from soil samples and also recovered from earthworms from England. Subsequently, this species has been found and redescribed from Germany and Russia (Tchesunov & Sturhan, 2004) and is widely distributed in Europe (Holovachov, 2012).

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References:

Goodey, T. 1947. Domorganus macronephriticus n.g., n.sp., a new cylindrolaimid free-living soil nematode. Journal of Helminthology, 21, 175â€“180.

Holovachov, O. 2012. Swedish Plectida (Nematoda). Part 1. Domorganus suecicus sp. n. from Skagerrak. Zootaxa 3263: 63â€“68.

Tchesunov, A.V. & Sturhan, D. (2004) Studies on Domorganus macronephriticus Goodey, 1947 (Nematoda: Ochridiidae). Journal of nematode morphology and systematics, 6:139â€“150.