Megamphidelus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
     Enoplia
        Enoplida
              Alaimina
       Alaimoidea
                    Amphidelidae
           Amphidelinae

             Megamphidelus Siddiqi, 1993

Type species of the genus: Megamphidelus filiformis Siddiqi, 1993

    Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General characteristics of the genus:

 

Females:

  • Monodelphic-opisthodelphic, no prevulval uterine sac

   
   

Males:  

  • Spicules a little longer than 1 cbd, slightly arcuate with central line.
  • Ventromedian supplements two.

Andrássy, 2009; Smol et al., 2014

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

Species reported mainly from tropical Africa.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Megamphidelus

 

Bacterivores

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Life Cycle:

 
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Management:

 
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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009.  Free-living nematodes of Hungary, III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum. Budapest

Smol, N., Muthumbi, A., Sharma, J. 2014. Order Enoplida, 7.3. In Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed) Handbook of Zoology. De Gruyter, Berlin

 

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Revised: June 29, 2026.