Wilsonema		Contents		Rev: 12/11/2008
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Classification:

Adenophorea

  Chromadoria

   Araeolaimida

Plectoidea

            Plectidae

   Wilsonematinae

       Wilsonema Cobb, 1913

    Synonyms:
      

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Morphology and Anatomy:

	Females: Head with dorsal and ventral flanges. Diovarial Setae along body . Thick cuticle. Plectid esophagus with terminal, valved  postcorpus.
	Two lines in lateral field.
	Female gonad paired, outstretched.  Vulva in center of body
Photographs by H. Ferris. Specimens from soil-litter interface, UC Davis campus.
	Labial region components of Wilsonema from Holovachov et al., 2003. CE = cervical expansion, CORN = cornu; FLAB = flabellum; LR = lateral rim; MP = midlateral projection; MR = median ridge; QUAD = quadrant; RR = radial ridge; YI = Y-shaped incisure. For comparisons among genera, go to subfamily Wilsonematinae

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Distribution:

Reported world-wide.

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Management:

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References:

Holovachov, O., Bostrom, S., Tandingan De Ley, I., De Ley, P., and Coomans, A. 2003. Morphology and systematics of the genera Wilsonema Cobb, 1913, Ereptonema Anderson, 1966 and Neotylocephalus Ali, Farooqui and Tejpal, 1969 (Leptolaimina: Wilsonematinae) J. Nem. Morph. Syst. 5:73-106.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 11, 2008.