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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Chromadorida

    Chromadoridae (or Hypodontolaimidae)

 Hypodontolaiminae

       Neochromadora Micoletzky, 1924

Type species of the genus: Neochromadora poesilosoma (de Man, 1893) Micoletzky, 1924

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• cuticle with complex ornamentation; lateral differentiation visible as two or three longitudinal rows of large dots.
• Six small outer labial setae or papillae and four cephalic setae in separate circles. 
• Somatic setae present in some species.
• Amphidial fovea transverse slit-like and loop shaped.
• Buccal cavity with a hollow dorsal tooth and two ventrosublateral teeth.
• Pharynx anteriorly enlarged, especially in association with the dorsal tooth and posteriorly with a well-developed single posterior bulb.

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Distribution:

Mostly marine habitats, one species from brackish and another from freshwater.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Neochromadora

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary I.  Hungarian Natural History Museum.

Lo Russo, V., Pastor de Ward, C.T. 2012. Neochromadora alejandroi sp. n. (Chromadorida: Chromadoridae) and Cobbia macrodentata sp. n. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae), two new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Patagonian coast. Nematology 14:805-815

Tchesunov, A.V. 2013. 7.12 Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933. In Schmidt-Rheas and de Gruyter, W. Handbook of Zoology.Gastrocticha, Cycloneuralia, Gnatifera. Volume 2: Nematoda

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: March 01, 2026.