Paracyatholaimoides

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Chromadorida
Chromadorina
             Chromadoroidea
                Cyatholaimidae
Paraconthonchinae
       Paracyatholaimoides Gerlach, 1953

Type species of the genus: Paracyatholaimoides multispiralis Gerlach, 1953

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 
  • Cuticle homogeneously punctated without evident lateral differentiation; cephalic cuticle thickened
  • Amphideal fovea multispiral and tightly coiled; larger in males than in females.
  • Pharynx without end bulb

Females:

  • Didelphic-amphidelphic

Ref: Tchesunov, 2013

   
   

 

Males:  

  • Precloacal supplements small and rather inconspicuous
  •  Gubernaculum paired proximally

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes

 
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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Paracyatholaimoides

Microbes; epistrate feeders

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References:

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

 

 
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Revised: June 08, 2026.