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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Chromadorida

    Chromadoridae

Euchromadorinae

       Rhips  Cobb, 1920

Type species of genus: Rhips ornata Cobb, 1920

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle heterogeneous with lateral differentiation as a narrow ridge beginning at the end of the pharynx.
• Six outer labial and four cephalic setae arranged in a common circle.
• Amphideal fovea conspicuous, transversally oval with a double contour.
• Pharynx gradually enlarged posteriorly.

Rhips orientalis Male: A. total body; B. head Drawings from Kulikov, 1993
	Rhips ornata: Male head and reproductive structures Drawing from Muthumbi and Vincx, 1998
Males:   Monorchic Spicules double-jointed, 2 arcs. Gubernaculum with L-shaped lateral pieces.	Females: Didelphic-amphidelphic Ref:  Tchesunov, 2013
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

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Distribution:

Marine habitats

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Rhips

Epistrate microbial feeders

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References:

Kulikov, V.V. 1993. New species of the marine free-living nematodes of the genus Rhips Cobb, 1920 (Chromadorida: Chromadoridae) from the Kuril Islands waters. Russian J. Nematology 1:41-45.

Muthumbi, A.W. and Vincx, M. 1998. Chromadoridae (Chromadorida: Nematoda) from the Indian Ocean: Difficulties in morphological identification of Actinonema Cobb, 1920 and Rhips Cobb, 1920 Hydrobiologia 364:155-167

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 02, 2026.