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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Miconchus

Miconchus Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 5938)

Family Mononchidae (ref. ID; 5938)

Family Anatonchidae (ref. ID; 6182)

ref. ID; 1663

Large dorsal tooth posteriorly placed in stoma; two large subventral teeth opposite. Uncommon species. (ref. ID; 1663)

ref. ID; 5938

Definition

Buccal cavity barrel shaped, dorsal tooth and two subventral teeth approximately same size with apexes directed anteriorly and located nearly basal to midway in cavity. Esophagointestinal junction tuberculate (except M. trionchus). Female didelphic or monodelphic, ovaries or ovary reflexed. Tails conoid or elongated, caudal glands and terminal duct present or absent. Males present in half of known species. (ref. ID; 5938)

Type species

Miconchus digiturus (Cobb, 1893) Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 5938)

Nominal species

20. (ref. ID; 5938)
  1. Miconchus digiturus (Cobb, 1893) Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 5938)
  2. Miconchus trionchus (ref. ID; 5938)