Family Panagrolaimidae

                                 Rev 06/02/2006

Classification:

      Secernentea
       Rhabditida
        
          Panagrolaimidae

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.
Spicules and gubernaculum
   
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