Key to the free-living marine NematodaKey created by Maaike Steyaert Please refer to this identification key as Steyaert et al. 2005. Electronic Key to the free-living marine Nematodes. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.nemys.ugent.be. 09/2005 Restart from Nematoda | Restart Completely | Select different key | Show legend | |
Characteristics amphid presence amphid shape anterior oesophageal bulb presence body length (adults) body shape buccal cavity shape cuticle pattern denticles presence division of buccal cavity gubernaculum shape (males) head capsule presence mandibles presence mid oesophageal bulb presence oriƫntation of gubernaculum posterior oesophageal bulb presence posterior oesophageal bulb shape precloacal supplements presence (males) precloacal supplements type (males) presence of copulatory bursa around cloaca spicules and gubernaculum presence (males) tail shape | Remaining taxa: Anticomidae, Ironidae, Anoplostomatidae, Tripyloidina and some other genera (fig 18) Axonolaimidae, Diplopeltidae, Haliplectidae, Bodonematidae and some other genera (fig 23) Chromadoridae (part 1) (fig 35) Filipjev, 1917 Chromadoridae (part 2) (fig 36) Filipjev, 1917 Cyatholaimidae (fig 31) Filipjev, 1918 Cyatholaimidae (fig 32) Filipjev, 1918 Desmoscolecidae (fig 12) Shipley, 1896 Diplopeltidae, Tubolaimoididae, Aegialoalaimidae and Siphonolaimidae (fig 24) Enchelidiidae (fig 21) Filipjev, 1918 Enoplidae, Thoracostomopsidae, Anoplostomatidae and Tripyloididae (fig 19) Epsilonematidae and Draconematidae (fig 13) Ethmolaimidae (fig 33) Filipjev & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1941 Leptolaimidae, Lauratonematidae and Peresianidae (fig 22) Leptosomatidae and Phanodermatidae (fig 17) Linhomoeidae and Xyalidae (part 4) (fig 25) Meyliidae, Microlaimidae, Desmodoridae and Aponchidae (fig 29) Monhysteridae, Xyalidae (part 1) and Sphaerolaimidae (part 1) (fig 26) Nematoda - fig 30 Oncholaimidae (fig 20) Filipjev, 1916 Selachinematidae (fig 34) Cobb, 1915 Tripyloididae, Trefusiidae and Oxystomina (fig 16) Xyalidae (part 2) and Spaerolaimidae (part 2) (fig 27 ) Filipjev, 1918 Xyalidae (part 3), Monoposthiidae and Ceramonematidae (fig 28) |