Genus Panagrolaimus
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ORDER RHABDITIDA
INFRAORDER PANAGROLAIMOMORPHA
Family Panagrolaimidae
Genus Panagrolaimus
Genus Panagrolaimus
Fuchs, 1930
Synonym: Neocephalobus Steiner, 1929 (Steiner, 1934)
Cephalobus (Neocephalobus) Steiner, 1929
Procepalobus Steiner, 1934
Panagrodontus Thorne, 1937
Panagrolaimodies Ivanova, 1958
“Definition: Panagrolaiminae. 3 or 6 lips, amalgamated or more or less separate; 2 circlets of lip papillae present. Cheilostom rounded triangular, almost hexagonal in section; its rhabdions usually absent. When present they are hexagonal in section. Metastom usually with a tooth or teeth on dorsal segment and sometimes denticles on subventral segments. Oesophagus panagrolaimoid; anterior part cylindrical, isthmus shorter than anterior part. Gonads panagrolaimoid, the ovary tip being reflexed past the vulva almost as far as the anus. Post-vulval sac about a body-width long.” From Goodey 1963 and Powers and Mullin website http://nematode.unl.edu/
http://kbn.ifas.ufl.edu/cephalob/cepfig36.gif
References:
Goodey T. and J.B. Goodey. 1963. Soil and Freshwater Nematodes. Butler and Tanner Ltd, London, Great Britain
Nguyen, Khuong B. 2006. Nematology website in the University of Florida. http://kbn.ifas.ufl.edu/cephalob/cephakey.htm
Powers T. and P. Mullin. Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes. University of Nebraska Nematology Website. http://nematode.unl.edu/
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