Panagrolaimus detritophagus

  

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Rev 11/30/2012

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Classification:

      Chromadorea

       
       Rhabditida
         Rhabditia
          Panagrolaimidae
	Panagrolaimus detritophagus Fuchs, 1930
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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 
Short cylindrical stoma.  Long tapering corpus with no offset metacorpus.  Valve in postcorpus.  Female monovarial, prodelphic, ovary reflexed, offset spermatheca.  Rapidly moving, very active nematodes.
   
Tail conical but asymmetrical, shorter on ventral side.    
   
  Male spicules with short terminal bifurcation.  
  No caudal alae.
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Distribution:

Common in agricultural soils around Davis, California.  Also reported from South America and Europe.

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Economic Importance:

Bacterially-mediated decomposition of organic matter; nitrogen mineralization.

 

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Feeding:

Active bacterial feeder.

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Life Cycle:

    

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Damage:

 

 

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Management:

 

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References:

  • Ferris, H., R. C. Venette and S. S. Lau. 1997. Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes: Carbon and Nitrogen budgets. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:1183-1194.
  • Ferris, H., R. C. Venette, H. R. van der Meulen and S. S. Lau. 1998. Nitrogen mineralization by bacterial-feeding nematodes: verification and measurement. Plant and Soil 203:159-171.
  • Bongers, T. and H. Ferris. 1999. Nematode community structure as a bioindicator in environmental monitoring. Trends in Evolution and Ecology 14:224-228.
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    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: November 30, 2012 .