WoRMS taxon details

Metachromadoroides remanei (Gerlach, 1951) Timm, 1961

159621  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159621)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Metachromadora remanei Gerlach, 1951) Gerlach, S. A. (1951). Revision der Metachromadoracea, einer Gruppe freilebender mariner Nematoden. <em>Kieler Meeresforsch.</em> 8 (1): 59-75.
page(s): 64-65 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Distribution Recorded: North Sea, coast of Germany; Kingsport and Avonport, Nova Scotia  
Distribution Recorded: North Sea, coast of Germany; Kingsport and Avonport, Nova Scotia [details]
Nemys eds. (2024). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Metachromadoroides remanei (Gerlach, 1951) Timm, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159621 on 2024-04-26
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2005-05-30 08:27:04Z
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2011-03-22 13:15:56Z
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2016-02-02 14:44:56Z
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2022-06-07 02:00:21Z
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original description  (of Metachromadora remanei Gerlach, 1951) Gerlach, S. A. (1951). Revision der Metachromadoracea, einer Gruppe freilebender mariner Nematoden. <em>Kieler Meeresforsch.</em> 8 (1): 59-75.
page(s): 64-65 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Hopper, B. E. (1969). Marine nematodes of Canada. II. Marine nematodes from the Minas Basin - Scots Bay area of the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. <em>Can. J. Zool.</em> 47(4): 671-690. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet bacteria, fungi and other nematodes [details]

Dimensions Length: male 0.94 mm, female 1.19 mm; Maximum width: male 50 u, female 80 u; Head: 20-24 u wide [details]

Distribution Recorded: North Sea, coast of Germany; Kingsport and Avonport, Nova Scotia [details]

Habitat free-living or bottom dwelling [details]

Importance useful in determining environmental quality [details]

Reproduction separate sexes; fertilization internal, eggs may be retained until hatching. Young appear as juvenile worms (not larvae). Male of this species has several fleshy subventral preanal and caudal setae in addition to normal setae. [details]