Ablechroiulus

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea

Rhabditia
           Rhabditida

          Rhabditoidea

        Rhabditidae

Ablechroiulinae

 

        Ablechroiulus Andrassy, 1966

  Synonym

Rhabditis   

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Characterized by lips with cephalic setae, a rare feature among rhabditid species. On that basisc, Andrassy (1976) classified Ablechroiulus and Rhabditoides, also with cephalic setae, under the new subfamily Ablechroiulinae. Others have synonymized Ablechroiulinae with Rhabditinae but Ablechroiulinae still persists in recent papers although the differences from Rhabditinae are rather small and the subfamily designation is considered doubtful.

Head of Ablechroiulus showing cephalic setae on lip (from Abolafia and Pena-Santiago, 2009)

 

The bursa is well developed in Ablechroiulus but poorly developed or almost absent in Rhabditoides.  Ref: Abolafia and Pena-Santiago, 2009.

 

 Females:

  
   

  • Males:  

    Bursa well-developed.


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

Relatively infrequently encountered (or reporteed) genus in the Rhabditidae.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Ablechroiulus

 

Bacteria. 

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

 
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References:

Andrassy, I. (1966). Erd- un Susswasser-Nematoden aus Ghana. Klasse Secernentea (Phasmidia). Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestensis de Rolando Etvos Nominatae  Sectio Biologica 8, 5-24.

Andrassy, I. 1976. Evolution as a basis for the systematization of nematodes. London, UK, Pitman Publishing, 288 pp

Abolafia, J., Pena-Santiago, R. 2009. Nematodes of the order Rhabditida from Andalucia Oriental, Spain. The genus Ablechroiulus Andrassy, 1966 with description of three new species and a key to species. Nematology 11:77-94.
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