Mononchid attacking prey
Photomicrograph by Jon Eisenback (VPI).
Mononchus sp. ingesting Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus.
Photomicrograph by Nicola Vovlas (IPP-CNR, Bari, Italy).
Rev. 05/20/08
characterized by a strong, cuticularized stoma with one or more large teeth
stoma may also have rows of denticles
long, muscular cylindrical esophagus
amphids small, cuplike; just posterior to the lateral lips; aperture slit-like
predaceous and cannibalistic, juveniles may be bacterivores
soil and freshwater, no marine forms.
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Mononchid attacking prey Photomicrograph by Jon Eisenback (VPI). |
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Mononchus sp. ingesting Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus. Photomicrograph by Nicola Vovlas (IPP-CNR, Bari, Italy). |
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